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起伏

qǐ fú

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

起伏 (qǐ fú) means "to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 起伏 means

1. to move up and down
2. to undulate
3. ups and downs

The characters in 起伏

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)

Example sentences

• 生活中有高低起伏。
  Shēnghuó zhōng yǒu gāodī qǐfú.
  In life there are ups and downs.
• 人生充满了高低起伏。
  Rénshēng chōngmǎn le gāodī qǐfú.
  Life is full of ups and downs.
• 獾行进时步伐稳定，身体压得很低、贴近地面；旱獭则尤其在兴奋时会疾奔，身体呈波浪状起伏摆动。
  The badger travels steadily, with its body very low and close to the ground; the marmot, especially when excited, gallops along, with undulatory movements of the body.

Words containing 起伏

• 思潮起伏sī cháo qǐ fúthoughts surging in one's mind (idiom); different thoughts coming to mind
• 波澜起伏bō lán qǐ fúone climax follows another (of thrilling story)

Sounds the same

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

• 乞伏tribe of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people

Where 起伏 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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ fú correctly.
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