起身 meaning in English

qǐshēn

to get up; to leave

17 strokes

Meaning of 起身

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qǐshēn
  1. to get up
  2. to leave
  3. to set forth

起身 in example sentences

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

早zǎo睡shuì早zǎo起qǐ身shēn体tǐ好hǎo。
Going to sleep and waking up early is good for the body.
我wǒ要yào睡shuì到dào八bā点diǎn半bàn才cái起qǐ身shēn。
I want to sleep until 8:30.
早zǎo睡shuì早zǎo起qǐ身shēn体tǐ棒bàng棒bàng。
To keep early hours makes you healthy.
汤tāng姆mǔ和hé玛mǎ丽lì从cóng他tā们men各gè自zì的de书shū桌zhuō前qián站zhàn起qǐ身shēn来lái。
Tom and Mary got up from their desks.

Stroke order for each character

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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

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身 shēn · body · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 起身.

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
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
身体shēntǐthe body; one's health
起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
身边shēnbiānat one's side; on hand
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
全身quánshēnthe whole body; (typography) em
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
身份证shēnfènzhèngidentity card; ID

Questions about 起身

What does 起身 mean?

起身 (qǐshēn) means "to get up; to leave".

How do you write 起身?

起身 is made of 2 characters: 起 (10 strokes), 身 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.