起伏
Old HSK 6
起伏 (qǐfú) · to rise and fall
起伏 (qǐfú) means “to rise and fall; ups and downs”. It is written with 2 characters: 起 (to get up) + 伏 (to crouch). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 起伏 is built
The characters
起 qǐ · to get up
What 起 is made of
- 走zǒu — to walk
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — up
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 己jǐ — self
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: 走 gives the meaning, 己 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
伏 fú · to crouch
What 伏 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 犬quǎn — dog
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 丶 — dot
- 大dà — big
Example sentences
远处的山高低起伏。Yuǎnchù de shān gāodī qǐfú.The distant mountains rise and fall.
他的心情起伏很大。Tā de xīnqíng qǐfú hěn dà.His mood goes up and down a lot.
Questions about 起伏
What does 起伏 mean?
起伏 (qǐfú) means “to rise and fall; ups and downs”.
How do you pronounce 起伏?
起伏 is pronounced qǐfú.
Which HSK level is 起伏?
起伏 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
- 起床qǐchuángto get out of bed
- 起来qǐlaito get up
- 一起yīqǐtogether
- 起飞qǐfēito take off (of a plane)
- 想起xiǎngqǐto remember
- 看起来kàn qǐlaito look like
- 看不起kànbuqǐto look down on
- 了不起liǎobuqǐamazing
- 引起yǐnqǐto cause
Learn 起伏 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 142: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.