兴起 meaning in English

xīngqǐ

to rise; to spring up

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 興起16 strokes

Meaning of 兴起

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xīngqǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to spring up
  3. to burgeon
  4. to be aroused
  5. to come into vogue

兴起 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā变biàn得de高gāo兴xìng起qǐ来lái。
She became happy.
看kàn见jiàn你nǐ笑xiào,我wǒ就jiù会huì高gāo兴xìng起qǐ来lái。
Your smile always makes me happy.
一yī九jiǔ六liù零líng年nián代dài,美měi国guó兴xīng起qǐ民mín权quán运yùn动dòng。
In the 1960s, the civil rights movement emerged in the United States.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

兴 xìng · to thrive · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 兴起.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
高兴gāoxìnghappy; glad
起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
想起xiǎngqǐto recall; to think of
起飞qǐfēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
兴趣xìngqùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
兴奋xīngfènexcited; excitement
了不起liǎobuqǐamazing; terrific
引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

Questions about 兴起

What does 兴起 mean?

兴起 (xīngqǐ) means "to rise; to spring up" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 兴起?

兴起 is made of 2 characters: 兴 (6 strokes), 起 (10 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 兴起 an HSK word?

Yes. 兴起 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 兴起 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 兴起 is written 興起.