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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐshì

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qǐshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishyh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    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
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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    喜事
    豈是／岂是
    起事
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: khí-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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

to start an armed struggle; to rise in rebellion

Synonyms

Synonyms of 起事

兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn)
動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn)
反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn)
反叛 (fǎnpàn)
反抗 (fǎnkàng)
叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)

暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn)
暴動／暴动 (bàodòng)
發難／发难 (fānàn)
舉事／举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
起義／起义 (qǐyì)
逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
造反 (zàofǎn)

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