從……起

See also: 从……起

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried		to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (從……起)		從	……	起
simp. (从……起)		从	……	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóng...qǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ... ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴...hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóng...qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ... ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóng...cǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²...-chʻi³
    • Yale: tsúng-...-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng...chii
    • Palladius: цун...ци (cun...ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴...hei²
    • Yale: chùhng...héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴...hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴...héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hei̯³⁵/

Circumposition

從……起

1. from ... on; from; starting; starting from

   從今天起他就成為總經理了。 [MSC, trad.]
   从今天起他就成为总经理了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cóng jīntiān qǐ tā jiù chéngwéi zǒngjīnglǐ le. [Pinyin]

   He became the general manager from today on.

Usage notes

• a common sentence pattern

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 對……起／对……起 (tùi...khí or ùi...khí)