隆起

Chinese

		grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (隆起)		隆	起
simp. #(隆起)		隆	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngcǐ
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-chʻi³
    • Yale: lúng-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longchii
    • Palladius: лунци (lunci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ hei²
    • Yale: lùhng héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

隆起

1. to swell; to bulge

Noun

隆起

1. (medicine) swelling; protuberance
2. (geology) tectonic uplift

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隆	起
りゅう Grade: S	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
隆起 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨːkʲi]

Noun

隆(りゅう)起(き) • (ryūki) 

1. protuberance
2. (geology) tectonic uplift, usually the ocean floor

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “tectonic uplift”): 沈降(ちんこう) (chinkō)

Verb

隆(りゅう)起(き)する • (ryūki suru) intransitive suru (stem 隆(りゅう)起(き)し (ryūki shi), past 隆(りゅう)起(き)した (ryūki shita))

1. to rise
2. to undergo tectonic uplift

Conjugation

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

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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