提起

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (提起)		提	起
simp. #(提起)		提	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ hei²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thê-khí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ti⁵ ki²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tícǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-chʻi³
    • Yale: tí-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyichii
    • Palladius: тици (tici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ hei²
    • Yale: tàih héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ hei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-khí
    • Tâi-lô: thê-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'qie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ti⁵ ki²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thî khí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵²/

Verb

提起

1. to lift; to raise; to heave

   提起重物  ―  tíqǐ zhòngwù  ―  to lift heavy objects

2. to mention; to raise; to refer to

   提起兩年前嘅事 [Cantonese, trad.]
   提起两年前嘅事 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tai⁴ hei² loeng⁵ nin⁴ cin⁴ ge³ si⁶ [Jyutping]

   to mention things from 2 years ago

   • 再別提起，無人喜歡這派對中淚落滿地。 [MSC, trad.]
     再别提起，无人喜欢这派对中泪落满地。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 吳若希, 沒結果／没结果

     Zài bié tíqǐ, wúrén xǐhuān zhè pàiduì zhōng lèiluòmǎndì. [Pinyin]

     Don't mention [it] anymore, [because] nobody likes to see tears on the whole floor in this party.

3. to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate

   提唔起精神 [Cantonese]  ―  tai⁴ m⁴ hei² zing¹ san⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  unable to cheer up

4. to put forward; to pose; to raise; to institute

   提起公訴／提起公诉  ―  tíqǐ gōngsù  ―  to institute prosecutions

Synonyms

• (to lift):

• 奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ) (with all of one's strength)
• 抬 (tái)
• 拿起 (náqǐ)
• 掀 (xiān)
• 揚／扬 (yáng)
• 舉起／举起 (jǔqǐ)

 

• (to mention):

• 提到 (tídào)
• 提及 (tíjí)
• 言及 (yánjí) (literary)
• 說／说
• 說到／说到 (shuōdào)
• 說起／说起 (shuōqǐ)
• 談到／谈到 (tándào)
• 談及／谈及 (tánjí)
• 論及／论及 (lùnjí)
• 談起／谈起 (tánqǐ)
• 齒及／齿及 (chǐjí) (literary)

 

• (to cheer up): 抖擻／抖擞 (dǒusǒu), 煥發／焕发 (huànfā), 奮起／奋起 (fènqǐ), 振奮／振奋 (zhènfèn), 振作 (zhènzuò)
• (to put forward):

• 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• 參加／参加 (cānjiā)
• 展現／展现 (zhǎnxiàn)
• 提出 (tíchū)
• 發揮／发挥 (fāhuī)
• 發表／发表 (fābiǎo)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 致以 (zhìyǐ)
• 表現／表现 (biǎoxiàn)
• 表示 (biǎoshì)
• 表述 (biǎoshù)
• 表達／表达 (biǎodá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)