What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 起来 mean?

起来 qǐlái

to stand up; to get up

It can also mean

  • (used after a verb) up
  • (used after a verb) when one does it; seems (as in 看起来, 说起来)
  • (used after a verb) to start to

Its characters

  1. 起 qǐ to rise
  2. 来 lái to come

In a sentence

他想起来了。

From 楼下(下) · Downstairs (part 2)

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