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起

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ki2
POJ: khí
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to rise; to get up, to start; to begin
起

This is an extremely polysemous character that also functions as an aspect particle and a classifier under the same reading; only the core verb sense was captured by the single pos field.

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