起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 引起 yǐn qǐ to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse syn 产生 產生 chǎn shēng to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate syn 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 上升 上昇 shàng shēng to rise / to go up / to ascend syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 升起 shēng qǐ to raise / to hoist / to rise syn 越过 越過 yuè guò to cross over / to transcend / to cover distance / to overcome / to rise above syn 直线 直線 zhí xiàn straight line / sharply (rise or fall) 出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set 波动 波動 bō dòng to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall syn 脱颖而出 脫穎而出 tuō yǐng ér chū to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others / to distinguish oneself syn 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom) / fig. an unexpected recovery syn 高涨 高漲 gāo zhǎng to surge up / to rise / (of tensions etc) to run high syn 升空 昇空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 上涨 上漲 shàng zhǎng to rise / to go up syn 来龙去脉 來龍去脈 lái lóng qù mài lit. the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) / fig. the whole sequence of events / causes and effects syn 兴起 興起 xīng qǐ to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue syn 高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn 飞扬 飛揚 fēi yáng to rise / to fly upward syn 一蹶不振 yī jué bù zhèn one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch syn 升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost 爬升 pá shēng to rise / to ascend / to climb (airplane etc) / to go up (sales figures etc) / to gain promotion syn 腾空 騰空 téng kōng to soar / to rise high into the air syn 奋起 奮起 fèn qǐ to rise vigorously / a spirited start syn 飙升 飆升 biāo shēng to rise rapidly / to soar syn 攀升 攀昇 pān shēng to clamber up / (of prices etc) to rise syn 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 增高 zēng gāo to heighten / to raise / to increase / to rise syn 升值 昇值 shēng zhí to rise in value / to appreciate syn 高楼 高樓 gāo lóu high building / multistory building / skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4] syn 起落 qǐ luò to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs syn 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn 厂房 廠房 chǎng fáng a building used as a factory / factory (building) / CL:座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 回升 huí shēng to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) syn 发难 發難 fā nàn to rise in revolt / to raise difficult questions syn 暴涨 暴漲 bào zhǎng to increase sharply / to rise dramatically syn 衍生 yǎn shēng to give rise to / to derive / derivative / derivation 教学楼 教學樓 jiào xué lóu school building / academic building 上扬 上揚 shàng yáng (of prices etc) to rise syn 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 应运而生 應運而生 yìng yùn ér shēng to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion syn 高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 发源 發源 fā yuán to rise / to originate / source / derivation syn 束之高阁 束之高閣 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority syn 怨声载道 怨聲載道 yuàn shēng zài dào lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom) / complaints rise all around / discontent is openly voiced syn 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) syn 作乱 作亂 zuò luàn to rebel / to rise in revolt syn 高科技 gāo kē jì high tech / high technology 兴衰 興衰 xīng shuāi prosperity and decline (of a kingdom) / rise and fall syn 升腾 升騰 shēng téng to rise / to ascend / to leap up syn 高新技术 高新技朮 gāo xīn jì shù high tech / high technology syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 飞升 飛昇 fēi shēng to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise / to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven / to achieve immortality syn 抑扬 抑揚 yì yáng modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) syn 涨幅 漲幅 zhǎng fú extent of a rise (in prices etc) / amount of increase / growth (typically expressed as a percentage) syn 涨跌 漲跌 zhǎng diē rise or fall in price syn 升幅 shēng fú extent of an increase / percentage rise syn 蒸腾 蒸騰 zhēng téng (of a vapor etc) to rise / to hang in the air syn 涨落 漲落 zhǎng luò (of water, prices etc) to rise and fall syn 高清 gāo qīng high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio) 高分 gāo fēn high marks / high score 高技术 高技術 gāo jì shù high technology / high tech syn 偏高 piān gāo to be on the high side / to be unusually high 涨到 漲到 zhǎng dào to go up / to rise 高清晰度 gāo qīng xī dù high definition (instruments) / high resolution 欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 楼台 樓臺 lóu tái (dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance syn 兴亡 興亡 xīng wáng to flourish and decay / rise and fall syn 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content 盛衰 shèng shuāi to flourish then decline / rise and fall syn 消长 消長 xiāo zhǎng to ebb and rise / to decrease and then grow 蜘蛛人 zhī zhū rén (coll.) rope access technician / industrial climber / (esp.) high-rise window washer 平身 píng shēn (old) to stand up (after kowtowing) / You may rise. 步步高升 步步高陞 bù bù gāo shēng to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up syn 壁立 bì lì (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply syn 涨水 漲水 zhǎng shuǐ rise of water level 提干 提幹 tí gàn to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre) syn 发祥 發祥 fā xiáng to give rise to (sth good) / to emanate from 勃兴 勃興 bó xīng to rise suddenly / to grow vigorously syn 蜂起 fēng qǐ to swarm / to rise in masses syn 升 陞 shēng to ascend / to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]) / to promote / to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1]) syn 翘 翹 qiào to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt syn 涨 漲 zhǎng to rise (of prices, rivers) syn 