起事

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (起事)		起	事
simp. #(起事)		起	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-sīr / khí-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-shih⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishyh
    • Palladius: циши (ciši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 乞士 啟事 / 启事 啟示 / 启示 綺室 / 绮室 豈是 / 岂是 起事 起勢 / 起势 起士 起誓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei² si⁶
    • Yale: héi sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 喜事 豈是 / 岂是 起事

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sū
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/

Verb

起事

1. to start an armed struggle; to rise in rebellion
2. (Southern Min) to stir up trouble; to make trouble

Synonyms

• (to start an armed struggle):

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• 亂逆 / 乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
• 兵變 / 兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
• 動亂 / 动乱 (dòngluàn)
• 反亂 / 反乱 (fǎnluàn)
• 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
• 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
• 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
• 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
• 叛亂 / 叛乱 (pànluàn)
• 叛變 / 叛变 (pànbiàn)
• 嘩變 / 哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
• 悖亂 / 悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
• 暴亂 / 暴乱 (bàoluàn)
• 暴動 / 暴动 (bàodòng)
• 暴獄 / 暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
• 發難 / 发难 (fānàn)
• 舉事 / 举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
• 舉義 / 举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
• 起兵 (qǐbīng)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起義 / 起义 (qǐyì)
• 逆亂 / 逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 首義 / 首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)

 

• (to stir up trouble):

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• 亂它 / 乱它 (lonn⁵ do²) (Xiang)
• 亂彈琴 / 乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
• 亂鬧 / 乱闹 (luànnào)
• 作孽 (Hokkien)
• 作怪 (zuòguài)
• 使壞 / 使坏 (shǐhuài)
• 倒蛋
• 做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 做手腳 / 做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
• 卵彈琴 / 卵弹琴 (lonn³ dan² qin²) (Xiang)
• 惹事 (rěshì)
• 搗亂 / 捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
• 搶事 / 抢事 (Hokkien)
• 搞事 (gǎoshì)
• 搗蛋 / 捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
• 搗鬼 / 捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
• 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
• 撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
• 滋事 (zīshì)
• 滋擾 / 滋扰 (zīrǎo)
• 玩鬧 / 玩闹 (wánnào)
• 生事 (shēngshì)
• 生氣 / 生气 (siⁿ-khùi) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 生空 (Hokkien)
• 生空生榫 (Hokkien)
• 生空生縫 / 生空生缝 (Hokkien)
• 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
• 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
• 胡來 / 胡来 (húlái)
• 胡攪 / 胡搅 (hújiǎo)
• 胡鬧 / 胡闹 (húnào)
• 舞射 (Hakka)
• 變精 / 变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
• 變鬼 / 变鬼 (Hokkien)
• 變魍 / 变魍 (Hokkien)
• 起空 (Hokkien)
• 起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 鬧事 / 闹事 (nàoshì)