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响起

xiǎng qǐ

2-character word Traditional 響起

What 响起 means

1. (of a sound) to come forth
2. (of a sound source) to ring out
3. to sound
4. to go off

The characters in 响起

• 响xiǎngecho; sound; noise
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 正午时分钟声响起。
  Zhèngwǔ shífēn zhōng shēngxiǎng qǐ.
  The bell rings at noon.
• 铃声在八点钟响起。
  Língshēng zài bā diǎnzhōng xiǎng qǐ.
  The bell rings at eight.
• 电话响起时我正在吃午饭。
  Diànhuà xiǎng qǐ shí wǒ zhèngzài chī wǔfàn.
  I was eating lunch when the phone rang.
• 电话响起时，他跑去接起。
  When the phone rang, he ran to answer it.
• 钟声一响起，老师就走进了教室。
  Zhōng shēng yī xiǎng qǐ, lǎoshī jiù zǒujìn le jiàoshì.
  As soon as the bell rang, the teacher came into the classroom.
• 我正要出门的时候，电话就响起了。
  Wǒ zhèngyào chūmén de shíhou, diànhuà jiù xiǎng qǐ le.
  I was about to go out when the phone rang.

Sounds the same

Read xiǎng qǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 想起to recall; to think of; to call to mind