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 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly 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 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 一头 一頭 yī tóu one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously 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 飞扬 飛揚 fēi yáng to rise / to fly upward syn 飞速 飛速 fēi sù swift / rapidly 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 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 急转直下 急轉直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom) / dramatic change 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 激增 jī zēng to increase rapidly / to shoot up 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 上扬 上揚 shàng yáng (of prices etc) to rise syn 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 腾飞 騰飛 téng fēi lit. to fly upwards swiftly / fig. rapid advance / rapidly developing (situation) syn 骤降 驟降 zhòu jiàng to fall rapidly / to plummet syn 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster 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 发源 發源 fā yuán to rise / to originate / source / derivation 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 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 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 飞升 飛昇 fēi shēng to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise / to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven / to achieve immortality syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 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 一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly 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 迅速发展 迅速發展 xùn sù fā zhǎn to develop rapidly 涨到 漲到 zhǎng dào to go up / to rise 高层建筑 高層建築 gāo céng jiàn zhù high-rise building / skyscraper 欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 方兴未艾 方興未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 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 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 疾书 疾書 jí shū to scribble rapidly 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 振 zhèn to shake / to flap / to vibrate / to resonate / to rise up with spirit / to rouse oneself syn 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 凌 líng to approach / to rise high / thick ice / to insult or maltreat syn 跄 蹌 qiāng walk rapidly syn 谡 謖 sù composed / rise / to begin syn 骘 騭 zhì a stallion / to rise / to arrange / to stabilize / to differentiate / to judge 一跃而起 一躍而起 yī yuè ér qǐ to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound 拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation syn 鸡犬升天 雞犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it syn 方滋未艾 fāng zī wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 方兴未已 方興未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 