Meaning of qǐ:
起
classifier for groups: batch, group; classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
Zhè shì yī qǐ xīn de chángshì, wǒmen bìxū rènzhēn duìdài.
这是一起新的尝试，我们必须认真对待。
This is a new attempt, and we must take it seriously.
Zhè shì yīgè qíguài de qǐ.
这是一个奇怪的起。
This is a strange case.
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start
Tàiyáng měitiān zǎoshang liù diǎn zhōng zhǔnshí shēng qǐ.
太阳每天早上六点钟准时升起。
The sun rises at six o'clock every morning.
Zǎoshang liù diǎn, tā qǐ chuáng qù pǎobù.
早上六点，他起床去跑步。
At six in the morning, he gets up to go jogging.
Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ liù diǎn zhōng jiù qǐ chuáng.
每天早上我六点钟就起床。
Every morning I get up at six o'clock.
Wǒmen míngtiān zǎoshang yīqǐ qǐ chuáng.
我们明天早上一起【起】床。
We will get up together tomorrow morning.
Zǎo shàng liù diǎn, wǒ cóng chuáng shàng qǐ lái.
早上六点，我从床上起来。
At six in the morning, I get up from bed.
Zài yīnyuè huì jiéshù shí, guānzhòng dōu gǔzhǎng qǐ lì.
在音乐会结束时，观众都鼓掌起立。
At the end of the concert, the audience appeared to stand and applaud.
Huǒjiàn jiāng zài míngtiān wǎnshàng qǐfēi.
火箭将在明天晚上起飞。
The rocket will launch tomorrow night.
Wǒmen jiāng yú míngtiān zài gōngyuán lǐ jǔbàn yī gè qǐ bù dà huì.
我们将于明天在公园里举办一个起步大会。
We will initiate a start-up meeting in the park tomorrow.
Míngtiān wǒmen yào kāishǐ qǐcǎo jìhuà.
明天我们要开始起草计划。
Tomorrow we will begin to draft the plan.
Tāmen juédìng jiànlì yīgè xīn de gōngsī, yǐbiàn gèng hǎo de kāifā shìchǎng.
他们决定建立一个新的公司，以便更好地开发市场。
They decided to establish a new company to better develop the market.
Wǒ jīntiān zǎoshang zài yóujú qǔle yīgè bāoguǒ.
我今天早上在邮局取起了一个包裹。
I picked up a package at the post office this morning.
Tàiyáng cóng dōngfāng shēngqǐ.
太阳从东方升起。
The sun rises from the east.
starting from (a time, place, price etc)
Huódòng jiāng cóng míngtiān qǐ.
活动将从明天起。
The event will start from tomorrow.
