想起

Chinese

 
to think; to believe; to suppose
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss
to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (想起) 想 起
simp. #(想起) 想 起

Pronunciation


Verb

想⫽起 (verb-complement)

  1. (transitive) to remember; to recall; to think of
    我想不起他的名字。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎng bù qǐ tā de míngzi. [Pinyin]
    I can't recall his name.
    我想起你,如何大的痛都會變小。 [MSC, trad.]
    我想起你,如何大的痛都会变小。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎngqǐ nǐ, rúhé dà de tòng dōu huì biàn xiǎo. [Pinyin]
    When I think of you, no matter how big the pain is, it still becomes small.

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
想 起
そう
Grade: 3
き
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/sauki/ → /sɔːki/ → /soːki/

From Middle Chinese compound 想起 (sjangX kʰɨX, literally “to think + to rise, to stand up”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎngqǐ.

Pronunciation

Noun

想(そう)起(き) • (sōki) ←さうき (sauki)?

  1. a recollection

Verb

想(そう)起(き)する • (sōki suru) ←さうき (sauki)?suru (stem 想(そう)起(き)し (sōki shi), past 想(そう)起(き)した (sōki shita))

  1. to recall, to remember

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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