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引起

yǐn qǐ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

引起 (yǐn qǐ) means "to cause/give rise to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 引起 means

1. to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

The characters in 引起

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 如何引起女人的渴望？
  How to arouse a woman's desire?
• 咖啡不能引起我的兴趣。
  Coffee does not arouse my interest.
• 我们的到来引起了注意。
  Our arrival drew attention.
• 汤姆只是想引起你的注意。
  Tāngmǔ zhǐshì xiǎng yǐnqǐ nǐ de zhùyì.
  Tom just wants your attention.
• 披头士的发型引起了轰动。
  Pītóushì de fàxíng yǐnqǐ le hōngdòng.
  The hair style of the Beatles created a sensation.
• 你的行为引起了许多的麻烦。
  Nǐ de xíngwéi yǐnqǐ le xǔduō de máfan.
  Your behavior is creating a lot of problems.

Where 引起 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mental & cognitive actions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǐn qǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.