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激起

jī qǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

激起 (jī qǐ) means "to arouse; to evoke; to cause". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 激起 means

1. to arouse
2. to evoke
3. to cause
4. to stir up

The characters in 激起

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 我的兴趣被激起来了。
  Wǒ de xìngqù bèi jīqǐ lái le.
  My interest quickened.
• 陪审团作出的犯罪判决激起了很大的争论。
  Péishěntuán zuòchū de fànzuì pànjué jīqǐ le hěn dà de zhēnglùn.
  The jury's guilty verdict gave rise to widespread debate.
• 现代的北京给了我深刻的印象，也激起了我的好奇心。
  Xiàndài de Běijīng gěi le wǒ shēnkè de yìnxiàng, yě jīqǐ le wǒ de hàoqíxīn.
  Today's Beijing has given me a very deep impression and aroused my curiosity.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jī qǐ correctly.
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