提起

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (提起)		提	起
simp. #(提起)		提	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ hei²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thê-khí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ ki²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tícǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-chʻi³
    • Yale: tí-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyichii
    • Palladius: тици (tici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ hei²
    • Yale: tàih héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ hei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-khí
    • Tâi-lô: thê-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'qie
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti⁵ ki²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî khí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵²/

Verb

提起

1. to lift; to raise; to heave

   提起重物  ―  tíqǐ zhòngwù  ―  to lift heavy objects

2. to mention; to raise; to refer to

   提起兩年前嘅事 [Cantonese, trad.]
   提起两年前嘅事 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tai⁴ hei² loeng⁵ nin⁴ cin⁴ ge³ si⁶ [Jyutping]

   to mention things from 2 years ago

   • (Can we date this quote?), “沒結果”, performed by 吳若希:

     再別提起，無人喜歡這派對中淚落滿地。 [MSC, trad.]
     再别提起，无人喜欢这派对中泪落满地。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zài bié tíqǐ, wúrén xǐhuān zhè pàiduì zhōng lèiluòmǎndì. [Pinyin]

     Don't mention [it] anymore, [because] nobody likes to see tears on the whole floor in this party.

3. to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate

   提唔起精神 [Cantonese]  ―  tai⁴ m⁴ hei² zing¹ san⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  unable to cheer up

4. to put forward; to pose; to raise; to institute

   提起公訴／提起公诉  ―  tíqǐ gōngsù  ―  to institute prosecutions

Synonyms

• (to lift):

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• 奮起 / 奋起 (fènqǐ) (with all of one's strength)
• 抬 (tái)
• 拿起 (náqǐ)
• 掀 (xiān)
• 揚 / 扬 (yáng)
• 舉起 / 举起 (jǔqǐ)

• (to mention):

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• 提到 (tídào)
• 提及 (tíjí)
• 言及 (yánjí) (literary)
• 說 / 说
• 說到 / 说到 (shuōdào)
• 說起 / 说起 (shuōqǐ)
• 說起來 / 说起来
• 談到 / 谈到 (tándào)
• 談及 / 谈及 (tánjí)
• 論及 / 论及 (lùnjí)
• 談起 / 谈起 (tánqǐ)
• 齒及 / 齿及 (chǐjí) (literary)
• 齒數 / 齿数 (chǐshǔ) (literary)

• (to cheer up): 抖擻／抖擞 (dǒusǒu), 煥發／焕发 (huànfā), 奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ), 振奮／振奋 (zhènfèn), 振作 (zhènzuò)
• (to put forward):

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• 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• 參加 / 参加 (cānjiā)
• 展現 / 展现 (zhǎnxiàn)
• 提出 (tíchū)
• 發揮 / 发挥 (fāhuī)
• 發表 / 发表 (fābiǎo)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 致以 (zhìyǐ)
• 表現 / 表现 (biǎoxiàn)
• 表示 (biǎoshì)
• 表述 (biǎoshù)
• 表達 / 表达 (biǎodá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (提起):

• → Japanese: 提起(ていき) (teiki)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
提	起
てい Grade: 5	き Grade: 3
kan'on

Etymology

From Chinese 提起 (tíqǐ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞ːkʲi]

Verb

提(てい)起(き)する • (teiki suru) transitive suru (stem 提(てい)起(き)し (teiki shi), past 提(てい)起(き)した (teiki shita))

1. to raise, to institute

Conjugation

Conjugation of "提起する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	提起し	ていきし	teiki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	提起し	ていきし	teiki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	提起する	ていきする	teiki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	提起する	ていきする	teiki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	提起すれ	ていきすれ	teiki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	提起せよ¹ 提起しろ²	ていきせよ¹ ていきしろ²	teiki seyo¹ teiki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	提起される	ていきされる	teiki sareru
Causative	提起させる 提起さす	ていきさせる ていきさす	teiki saseru teiki sasu
Potential	提起できる	ていきできる	teiki dekiru
Volitional	提起しよう	ていきしよう	teiki shiyō
Negative	提起しない	ていきしない	teiki shinai
Negative continuative	提起せず	ていきせず	teiki sezu
Formal	提起します	ていきします	teiki shimasu
Perfective	提起した	ていきした	teiki shita
Conjunctive	提起して	ていきして	teiki shite
Hypothetical conditional	提起すれば	ていきすれば	teiki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “提起”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026