| 壮起胆子 | zhuàng qǐ dǎn zi | to proceed with sth even though scared; to put on a brave face |
| 大会报告起草人 | dà huì bào gào qǐ cǎo rén | rapporteur |
| 大起大落 | dà qǐ dà luò | significant ups and downs (idiom) |
| 夹起尾巴 | jiā qǐ wěi ba | to tuck one's tail between one's legs; fig. to back down; in a humiliating situation |
| 奋起湖 | Fèn qǐ hú | Fenchihu, town in Chiayi County, Taiwan |
| 奋起直追 | fèn qǐ zhí zhuī | to catch up vigorously; to set off in hot pursuit |
| 小起重机 | xiǎo qǐ zhòng jī | jack |
| 崛地而起 | jué dì ér qǐ | lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature |
| 后院起火 | hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ | a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home |
| 从今天起 | cóng jīn tiān qǐ | starting from today |
| 想起来 | xiǎng qi lai | to remember; to recall |
| 惹起 | rě qǐ | provoke, incite; stir up; arouse (attention) |
| 承上起下 | chéng shàng qǐ xià | to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| 抬起 | tái qǐ | to lift up |
| 拍案而起 | pāi àn ér qǐ | lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether; unable to take it any more |
| 拎起 | līn qǐ | to pick up (from the ground with one's hands) |
| 拼起来 | pīn qi lai | to put together |
| 拿得起放得下 | ná de qǐ fàng de xià | to be adaptable to circumstances (idiom) |
| 拿起 | ná qǐ | to pick up |
| 按下葫芦浮起瓢 | àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo | solve one problem only to find another cropping up |
| 排起长队 | pái qǐ cháng duì | to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting) |
| 拣起 | jiǎn qǐ | to pick up |
| 提前起爆 | tí qián qǐ bào | "fizzle" (atomic bomb misfire); preinitiation |
| 提起 | tí qǐ | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) |
| 提起公诉 | tí qǐ gōng sù | to raise a charge; to sue; to institute proceedings |
| 提起精神 | tí qǐ jīng shen | to raise one's spirits; to take courage |
| 扬起 | yáng qǐ | to raise one's head; to perk up |
| 撩起 | liāo qǐ | to raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc) |
| 支付不起 | zhī fù bù qǐ | to be unable to pay; unaffordable |
| 支付得起 | zhī fù dé qǐ | to be able to pay; affordable |
| 东太平洋隆起 | Dōng Tài píng yáng lóng qǐ | East Pacific rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California down to Antarctica) |
| 东山再起 | dōng shān zài qǐ | lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback |
| 此伏彼起 | cǐ fú bǐ qǐ | up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) |
| 比起 | bǐ qǐ | compared with |
| 民变峰起 | mín biàn fēng qǐ | seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances |
| 波澜起伏 | bō lán qǐ fú | one climax follows another (of thrilling story) |
| 浮起 | fú qǐ | to float; to emerge |
| 涌起 | yǒng qǐ | to well up; to boil out; to bubble forth; to spurt |
| 满嘴起疱 | mǎn zuǐ qǐ pào | to have lips covered in blisters |
| 烽火四起 | fēng huǒ sì qǐ | the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war |
| 烽烟四起 | fēng yān sì qǐ | lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war |
烽烟四起，
战火纷飞 | fēng yān sì qǐ ,
zhàn huǒ fēn fēi | lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war |
| 无风不起浪 | wú fēng bù qǐ làng | lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire |
| 物种起源 | wù zhǒng qǐ yuán | Charles Darwin's Origin of Species |
| 特起 | tè qǐ | to appear on the scene; to arise suddenly |
| 狼烟四起 | láng yān sì qǐ | fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war |
玫瑰不管叫啥名，
闻起来总是香的 | méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng ,
wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de | A rose by any other name would smell as sweet |
| 异军突起 | yì jūn tū qǐ | a new factor changing the situation |
| 白手起家 | bái shǒu qǐ jiā | build up from nothing; start from scratch |
| 白起 | Bái Qǐ | Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦国, the victor at 长平 in 260 BC; same as 公孙起 |
