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掀起

掀起

Chinese

		lift (cover)	to rise; to raise; to get up
simp. and trad. (掀起)		掀	起

Verb

掀起

to lift (a cover); to open
to raise in height; to rise
to cause to surge; to promote

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānqǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹ hei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiên-hí / hiân-hí
Min Nan (POJ): hian-khí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānqǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄑㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianchii
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin¹ hei²
  - Yale: hīn héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹ hei²
  - IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiên-hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hien´ hi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹ hi³
  - IPA: /hi̯en²⁴ hi³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiân-hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hian´ hi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hian¹ hi³
  - IPA: /hi̯an²⁴ hi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian-khí
  - Tâi-lô: hian-khí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hienqie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn³³ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/