Definify.com

Definition 2024

起事

起事

Chinese

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

Verb

起事

to start armed struggle; to rise in rebellion

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǐshì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): khí-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qǐshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^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)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² si⁶
  - Yale: héi sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sū
  - Tâi-lô: khí-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qysu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/