竖起 meaning in English
to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears)
Traditional 豎起19 strokes
Meaning of 竖起
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shùqǐ
- to erect (a tent etc)
- to prick up (one's ears)
- to raise (one's eyebrows)
- to stick up (one's thumb)
- to turn up (one's collar)
- (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
竖起 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我竖起了耳朵听。
I pricked up my ears.
竖起你的耳朵。
Prick up your ears.
他开始说他的秘密的时候，我们都竖起了耳朵来听。
We were all ears when he started to tell us his secret.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
竖 shù · to erect · 9 strokes
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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 竖起.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 起来 | qǐlái | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 对不起 | duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 起床 | qǐchuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 想起 | xiǎngqǐ | to 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 qǐlái | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the |
| 了不起 | liǎobuqǐ | amazing; terrific |
| 引起 | yǐnqǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 看不起 | kànbuqǐ | to look down upon; to despise |
| 提起 | tíqǐ | to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise |
| 起码 | qǐmǎ | at the minimum; at the very least |
Questions about 竖起
What does 竖起 mean?
竖起 (shùqǐ) means "to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears)".
How do you write 竖起?
竖起 is made of 2 characters: 竖 (9 strokes), 起 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
How is 竖起 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 竖起 is written 豎起.