起身

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (起身)		起	身
simp. #(起身)		起	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² san¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hí-sṳ̂n

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi³ sen¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐshen
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-shên¹
    • Yale: chǐ-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishen
    • Palladius: цишэнь (cišɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² san¹
    • Yale: héi sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi` siin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ sɨn²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ sən⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sin
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

起身

1. to get up
2. to get out of bed

   都成點㗎喇喎。重未捨得起身呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   都成点㗎喇㖞。重未舍得起身呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   dou¹ seng⁴ dim² gaa³ laa³ wo³. zung⁶ mei⁶ se² dak¹ hei² san¹ aa⁴? [Jyutping]

   It's like one o'clock already. You still don't want to get out of bed?

3. to set out (on a journey); to leave for; to set off; to depart; to leave (for a place)

Synonyms

• (to get up): 起立 (qǐlì), 站起來／站起来 (zhàn qǐlai)
• (to get out of bed):

Dialectal synonyms of 起床 (“to get up; to get out of bed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		起床, 起來, 起身
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	起床, 起來
	Taiwan	起床, 起來
	Chifeng	起床, 起來
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	起床, 起來
	Harbin	起床, 起床
	Shenyang	起床, 起來, 起身
	Singapore	起床, 起身
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	起來
	Tangshan	起床, 起來
	Cangzhou	起來
	Baoding	起床, 起來
	Shijiazhuang	起來
	Jinan	起床
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	起來
	Qingdao	起來
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	起床, 起來
	Wanrong	起來, 起
	Zhengzhou	起來
	Xi'an	起來
	Xining	起床
	Xuzhou	起床, 起, 起來
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	起, 起來, 起床
	Lanzhou	起床, 起來
	Ürümqi	起床, 起來
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爬起來, 起床, 起來
	Chongqing	起床, 起來
	Wuhan	起床, 起身, 起去
	Guiyang	起來, 起床, 扒起來, 扒起
	Kunming	起床
	Guilin	起來
	Liuzhou	起來, 起身
	Dagudi (Maliba)	爬起
	Reshuitang (Longling)	起床
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	爬起, 起床
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	起床
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	爬起來, 起來, 起床
	Yangzhou	起床, 起來
	Nantong	起來
	Hefei	起來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	起身
	Hong Kong	起身
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	起身
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	起身
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	起身
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	起身
	Macau	起身
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	起身
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	起身
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	起身
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	起身
	Foshan	起身
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	起身
	Foshan (Shunde)	起身
	Foshan (Sanshui)	起身
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	起身
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	起身
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	起身
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	起身
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	起身
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	起身
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	起身
	Taishan	起身
	Kaiping (Chikan)	起身
	Enping (Niujiang)	起身
	Heshan (Yayao)	起身
	Dongguan	起身
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	起身
	Nanning	起身, 起床
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	起身
	Hepu (Shatian)	爬起身
	Beihai	起身
	Beihai (Nankang)	起身
	Beihai (Yingpan)	起身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	起身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	起身
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	起身
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	起身
	Singapore (Guangfu)	起身
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	起身
	Móng Cái	起身
	Yangon (Taishan)	下床
	Mandalay (Taishan)	起身
Gan	Nanchang	起來, 起床
	Lichuan	條起
	Pingxiang	起頭
Hakka	Meixian	䟘床, 䟘身, 起身
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	起身
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	䟘床
	Boluo (Bendihua)	起身
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	䟘床
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Changbu)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	䟘床
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	起身
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	起身
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	起身
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	起身
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	起床
	Jiexi	䟘起
	Yudu	起床, 條起
	Shicheng	䟘床
	Shangyou (Shexi)	條起
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	䟘床
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	䟘床
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	䟘床
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	䟘床
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跆起
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	起床, 起來
	Hong Kong	䟘身
	Senai (Huiyang)	䟘身
Huizhou	Jixi	爬才
	Shexian	起床, 起來
Jin	Taiyuan	起床, 起
	Xinzhou	起
Northern Min	Jian'ou	起來
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趉, 爬起
Southern Min	Xiamen	起來, 起床
	Quanzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhangzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhao'an	起來
	Taipei	起床 GT, 起來 GT
	Tainan	起床
	Singapore (Hokkien)	起來
	Manila (Hokkien)	起來
	Chaozhou	走起
	Shantou	起床, 起身, 走起, 起來
	Shantou (Chenghai)	走起
	Jieyang	走起
	Haifeng	起身
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走起
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走起
	Singapore (Teochew)	起來, 走起
	Wenchang	起床
	Haikou	起床
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	頭起
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	起床
Wu	Shanghai	䟿起來, 爬起來, 起來
	Shanghai (Chongming)	𨂝出來
	Suzhou	起來
	Danyang	起床, 起來
	Hangzhou	爬起來
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	爬起來, 爬起, 走起來, 走起
	Ningbo	爬起, 爬起來
	Wenzhou	爬起
	Jinhua	爬挈來, 爬挈
Xiang	Changsha	起床
	Loudi	起去, 起來, 起床
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (to set out):

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• 上路 (shànglù)
• 出發／出发 (chūfā)
• 動身／动身 (dòngshēn)
• 成行 (chéngxíng) (formal)
• 啟程／启程 (qǐchéng)
• 起程 (qǐchéng)

 

Derived terms

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