激起 meaning in English

jīqǐ

to arouse; to evoke

HSK 7-9verb26 strokes

Meaning of 激起

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

激起 in example sentences

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

我wǒ的de兴xìng趣qù被bèi激jī起qǐ来lái了le。
My interest quickened.
陪péi审shěn团tuán作zuò出chū的de犯fàn罪zuì判pàn决jué激jī起qǐ了le很hěn大dà的de争zhēng论lùn。
The jury's guilty verdict gave rise to widespread debate.
现xiàn代dài的de北běi京jīng给gěi了le我wǒ深shēn刻kè的de印yìn象xiàng,也yě激jī起qǐ了le我wǒ的de好hào奇qí心xīn。
Today's Beijing has given me a very deep impression and aroused my curiosity.

Stroke order for each character

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激 jī · to arouse · 16 strokes

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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 激起.

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
激动jīdòngto move emotionally; to stir up (emotions)
刺激cìjīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
激烈jīliè(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce

Questions about 激起

What does 激起 mean?

激起 (jīqǐ) means "to arouse; to evoke" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 激起?

激起 is made of 2 characters: 激 (16 strokes), 起 (10 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 激起 an HSK word?

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