掀起

Chinese

		lift (cover)	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (掀起)		掀	起
simp. #(掀起)		掀	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ hei²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiên-hí / hiân-hí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hian-khí

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siancǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chʻi³
    • Yale: syān-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianchii
    • Palladius: сяньци (sjanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin¹ hei²
    • Yale: hīn héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiên-hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hien^ˊ hi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹ hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en²⁴ hi³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiân-hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hian^ˊ hi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹ hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an²⁴ hi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian-khí
    • Tâi-lô: hian-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienqie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

掀起

1. to lift
2. to raise in height; to rise
3. upsurge
4. to begin
5. to set off (a campaign)