起家 meaning in English
to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with
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Meaning of 起家
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
qǐjiā
- to start out by
- to grow an enterprise beginning with
- to begin one's career by
起家 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
林肯总统就是我们所谓白手起家的男人。
President Lincoln was what we call a self-made man.
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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes
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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 起家.
| 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 |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 国家 | guójiā | country; nation; state |
| 家里 | jiā li | home |
| 家人 | jiārén | family member; (old) servant |
| 在家 | zàijiā | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 |
| 起床 | qǐchuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiātíng | family; household |
| 想起 | xiǎngqǐ | to recall; to think of |
Questions about 起家
What does 起家 mean?
起家 (qǐjiā) means "to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with".
How do you write 起家?
起家 is made of 2 characters: 起 (10 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.