走起

Chinese

		to walk; to go; to move to walk; to go; to move; to leave	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (走起)		走	起
simp. #(走起)		走	起
alternative forms		早起 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒuqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zao² ki²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒuqǐ [Phonetic: zóuqǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒucǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsou³-chʻi³
    • Yale: dzǒu-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoouchii
    • Palladius: цзоуци (czouci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao² ki²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsáu khí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰi⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

走起

1. (obsolete or Teochew) to get up from bed
   • Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板蘇六娘全歌》, volume 3, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 11:

     做乜障晏未走玘 [Teochew, trad. and simp.]

     zo³ mih⁴ ziên³ uan³ bhuê⁷ zao² ki² [Peng'im]

     Why have [you] not gotten up at this late hour?

2. (neologism, slang) to start; to begin (to happen)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 起床 (“to get up; to get out of bed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		起床, 起來, 起身
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	起床, 起來
	Taiwan	起床, 起來
	Chifeng	起床, 起來
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	起床, 起來
	Harbin	起床, 起床
	Shenyang	起床, 起來, 起身
	Singapore	起床, 起身
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	起來
	Tangshan	起床, 起來
	Cangzhou	起來
	Baoding	起床, 起來
	Shijiazhuang	起來
	Jinan	起床
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	起來
	Qingdao	起來
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	起床, 起來
	Wanrong	起來, 起
	Zhengzhou	起來
	Xi'an	起來
	Xining	起床
	Xuzhou	起床, 起, 起來
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	起, 起來, 起床
	Lanzhou	起床, 起來
	Ürümqi	起床, 起來
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爬起來, 起床, 起來
	Chongqing	起床, 起來
	Wuhan	起床, 起身, 起去
	Guiyang	起來, 起床, 扒起來, 扒起
	Kunming	起床
	Guilin	起來
	Liuzhou	起來, 起身
	Dagudi (Maliba)	爬起
	Reshuitang (Longling)	起床
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	爬起, 起床
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	起床
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	爬起來, 起來, 起床
	Yangzhou	起床, 起來
	Nantong	起來
	Hefei	起來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	起身
	Hong Kong	起身
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	起身
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	起身
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	起身
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	起身
	Macau	起身
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	起身
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	起身
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	起身
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	起身
	Foshan	起身
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	起身
	Foshan (Shunde)	起身
	Foshan (Sanshui)	起身
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	起身
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	起身
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	起身
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	起身
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	起身
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	起身
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	起身
	Taishan	起身
	Kaiping (Chikan)	起身
	Enping (Niujiang)	起身
	Heshan (Yayao)	起身
	Dongguan	起身
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	起身
	Nanning	起身, 起床
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	起身
	Hepu (Shatian)	爬起身
	Beihai	起身
	Beihai (Nankang)	起身
	Beihai (Yingpan)	起身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	起身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	起身
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	起身
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	起身
	Singapore (Guangfu)	起身
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	起身
	Móng Cái	起身
	Yangon (Taishan)	下床
	Mandalay (Taishan)	起身
Gan	Nanchang	起來, 起床
	Lichuan	條起
	Pingxiang	起頭
Hakka	Meixian	䟘床, 䟘身, 起身
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	起身
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	䟘床
	Boluo (Bendihua)	起身
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	䟘床
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	䟘床
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Changbu)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	䟘床
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	起身
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	起身
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	起身
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	起身
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	起床
	Jiexi	䟘起
	Yudu	起床, 條起
	Shicheng	䟘床
	Shangyou (Shexi)	條起
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	䟘床
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	䟘床
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	䟘床
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	䟘床
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跆起
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	起床, 起來
	Hong Kong	䟘身
	Senai (Huiyang)	䟘身
Huizhou	Jixi	爬才
	Shexian	起床, 起來
Jin	Taiyuan	起床, 起
	Xinzhou	起
Northern Min	Jian'ou	起來
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趉, 爬起
Southern Min	Xiamen	起來, 起床
	Quanzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhangzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhao'an	起來
	Taipei	起床 GT, 起來 GT
	Tainan	起床
	Singapore (Hokkien)	起來
	Manila (Hokkien)	起來
	Chaozhou	走起
	Shantou	起床, 起身, 走起, 起來
	Shantou (Chenghai)	走起
	Jieyang	走起
	Puning	走醒, 走起
	Haifeng	起身
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走起
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走起
	Singapore (Teochew)	起來, 走起
	Wenchang	起床
	Haikou	起床
Puxian Min	Putian	爬起
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	加起, 爬起
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	爬起
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	爬起
	Xianyou	蹻爬起
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蹻爬起
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蹻爬起
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭起
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	起床
Wu	Shanghai	䟿起來, 爬起來, 起來
	Shanghai (Chongming)	𨂝出來
	Suzhou	起來
	Danyang	起床, 起來
	Hangzhou	爬起來
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	爬起來, 爬起, 走起來, 走起
	Ningbo	爬起, 爬起來
	Wenzhou	爬起
	Jinhua	爬挈來, 爬挈
Xiang	Changsha	起床
	Loudi	起去, 起來, 起床
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Interjection

走起

1. (neologism, slang) here we go; let's go; let's roll