扬起 meaning in English

yángqǐ

to raise one's head; to perk up

Traditional 揚起16 strokes

Meaning of 扬起

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yángqǐ
  1. to raise one's head
  2. to perk up

扬起 in example sentences

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

克kè里lǐ斯sī扬yáng起qǐ他tā的de剑jiàn。
Chris swung his sword!

Stroke order for each character

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

扬 yáng · to raise · 6 strokes

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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 扬起.

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
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
了不起liǎobuqǐamazing; terrific
引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看不起kànbuqǐto look down upon; to despise
表扬biǎoyángto praise; to commend
提起tíqǐto mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise

Questions about 扬起

What does 扬起 mean?

扬起 (yángqǐ) means "to raise one's head; to perk up".

How do you write 扬起?

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

How is 扬起 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 扬起 is written 揚起.