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兴起 (xīng qǐ) — to rise, spring up, emerge, become popular

Definition

兴起 describes a trend, movement, or interest gradually catching on and becoming popular. Unlike 出现 (simply 'to appear'), it implies a subject grew and gained momentum, especially cultural or social phenomena.

verb
to risespring upemergebecome popular

Examples

  • ，兴起。
    Suí zhe wǎng luò de pǔ jí, xīn de shè jiāo fāng shì xīng qǐ le.
    With the popularity of the internet, new social methods have emerged.
  • 兴起。
    Xué xí hàn yǔ de fēng qì zài dà xué shēng zhōng xīng qǐ le.
    The trend of learning Chinese has emerged among college students.
  • 20，兴起。
    20 Shì jì chū, xīn wén huà yùn dòng zài zhōng guó xīng qǐ.
    At the beginning of the 20th century, the New Culture Movement emerged in China.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

兴xīngrise
起qǐcome up

It pairs 兴, to rise, with 起, to come up, to mean emerge or become popular.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
走走zǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
巳
巳sì起qǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

起 is made from 走 and 巳: 走 is the part connected with walking or running, and 巳 gives the sound.

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