起事

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (起事)		起	事
simp. ^#(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: General 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
(Min Nan) to stir up trouble; to make trouble

Synonyms

(to start an armed struggle):

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)
反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn)
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)
舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
起義／起义 (qǐyì)
逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
造反 (zàofǎn)
首義／首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)

(to stir up trouble):

Synonyms of 起事

做手腳／做手脚 (zuòshǒujiǎo)
惹事 (rěshì)
搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
搗蛋／捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
搞事 (gǎoshì)
搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
搶事／抢事 (Min Nan)

生空 (Min Nan)
生空生榫 (Min Nan)
生空生縫／生空生缝 (Min Nan)
變鬼／变鬼 (Min Nan)
變鬼／变鬼 (Min Nan)
變魍／变魍 (Min Nan)
起空 (Min Nan)
鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)

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