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起义

qǐ yì

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 起義

What 起义 means

1. uprising
2. insurrection
3. revolt

The characters in 起义

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

Words containing 起义

• 农民起义nóng mín qǐ yìpeasant uprising; peasant revolt
• 太平天国起义Tài píng Tiān guó Qǐ yìTaiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing…
• 金田起义Jīn tián qǐ yìJintian Uprising
• 大泽乡起义Dà zé xiāng Qǐ yìDazexiang Uprising, another name for 陈胜吴广起义
• 黄巾起义Huáng jīn Qǐ yìYellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
• 秋收起义Qiū shōu Qǐ yìAutumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao…
• 黄花岗起义Huáng huā gǎng qǐ yìHuanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful…
• 陈胜吴广起义Chén Shèng Wú Guǎng Qǐ yìChen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
• 南昌起义Nán chāng Qǐ yìNanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in…
• 武昌起义Wǔ chāng Qǐ yìWuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and…
• 黄巢起义Huáng Cháo qǐ yìHuang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao

Sounds the same

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

• 起意to conceive a scheme; to devise a plan

Where 起义 is taught

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

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