從……起

See also: 从……起

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	Ellipsis.	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (從……起)		從	……	起
simp. (从……起)		从	……	起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cóng...qǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ... ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴...hei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cóng...qǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ... ㄑㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng...chii
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴...hei²
  - Yale: chùhng...héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴...hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴...héi²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ hei̯³⁵/

Preposition

從……起

from ... on; from; starting; starting from

從今天起他就成為總經理了。 [MSC, trad.]
从今天起他就成为总经理了。 [MSC, simp.]
Cóng jīntiān qǐ tā jiù chéngwéi zǒngjīnglǐ le. [Pinyin]
He became the general manager from today on.

Usage notes

a common sentence pattern

See also

(Min Nan) 對……起／对……起 (tùi...khí or ùi...khí)

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