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掀起

xiān qǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

掀起 (xiān qǐ) means "to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popu". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 掀起 means

1. to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
2. (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
3. (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)

The characters in 掀起

• 掀xiānto lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 微风在湖面上掀起了一丝丝涟漪。
  Wēifēng zài hú miàn shàng xiānqǐ le yī sī sī liányī.
  A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.

Where 掀起 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xián–xiǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiān qǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.