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興起

xīng qǐ

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Transitive process verb

興起 (xīng qǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to rise”. 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 rise
  2. to spring up
  3. to burgeon
  4. to be aroused
  5. to come into vogue

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Example

最近，慢跑這項運動很興起。

Recently, jogging has become very popular.

Related words at this level

信徒信仰信用興建行程行動形式行事曆

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).