起身

qǐ shēn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

起身 (qǐ shēn) is a Chinese word meaning “to get up”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to get up
  2. to leave
  3. to set forth

Stroke order

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Example

客人起身準備離開了。

The guest rose to leave.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).