想起

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (想起)		想	起
simp. #(想起)		想	起

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiǎngqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щёнче (xi͡onči͡ə, II-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² hei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sióng-hí
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siūⁿ-khí / siōⁿ-khí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sion⁶ ki²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngqǐ [Phonetic: xiángqǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngcǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-chʻi³
    • Yale: syǎng-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangchii
    • Palladius: сянци (sjanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щёнче (xi͡onči͡ə, II-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² hei²
    • Yale: séung héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ hei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sióng-hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong` hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong³ hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ³¹ hi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siūⁿ-khí
    • Tâi-lô: siūnn-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviuxqie
    • IPA (Taipei): /siũ³³⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siũ³³⁻²¹ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōⁿ-khí
    • Tâi-lô: siōnn-khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svioixqie
    • IPA (Tainan): /siɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sion⁶ ki²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siŏⁿ khí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩõ³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵²/

Verb

想⫽起 (verb-complement)

1. (transitive) to remember; to recall; to think of

   我想不起他的名字。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng bù qǐ tā de míngzi. [Pinyin]

   I can't recall his name.

   我想起你，如何大的痛都會變小。 [MSC, trad.]
   我想起你，如何大的痛都会变小。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎngqǐ nǐ, rúhé dà de tòng dōu huì biàn xiǎo. [Pinyin]

   When I think of you, no matter how big the pain is, it still becomes small.

   • 我在蒙自住過五個月，我的家也在那裡住過兩個月。我現在常常想起這個地方，特別是在人事繁忙的時候。蒙自小得好，人少得好。 [MSC, trad.]
     我在蒙自住过五个月，我的家也在那里住过两个月。我现在常常想起这个地方，特别是在人事繁忙的时候。蒙自小得好，人少得好。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: (Can we date this quote?), Zhu Ziqing, 《蒙自雜記》

     Wǒ zài Méngzì zhù guò wǔ ge yuè, wǒ de jiā yě zài nàlǐ zhù guò liǎng ge yuè. Wǒ xiànzài chángcháng xiǎngqǐ zhè ge dìfang, tèbié shì zài rénshì fánmáng de shíhou. Méngzì xiǎo de hǎo, rén shǎo de hǎo. [Pinyin]

     I lived in Mengzi for five months, and my family two months. I often think of the place now, especially when my social life is busy. Mengzi is good because it's small and sparsely populated.

Synonyms

• 回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
• 回念 (huíniàn)
• 回想 (huíxiǎng)
• 回憶／回忆 (huíyì)
• 回溯 (huísù)
• 回顧／回顾 (huígù)
• 回首 (huíshǒu)
• 思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
• 感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
• 感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
• 憶／忆 (yì)
• 憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng)
• 懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
• 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
• 留戀／留恋 (liúliàn) (to recall with nostalgia)
• 緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
• 緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
• 記／记 (jì)
• 記得／记得 (jìde)
• 記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
• 記起／记起 (jìqǐ)
• 諗起／谂起 (nam² hei²) (Cantonese)
• 追 (literary, or in compounds)
• 追念 (zhuīniàn)
• 追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
• 追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
• 追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
• 追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
• 遙想／遥想 (yáoxiǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
想	起
そう Grade: 3	き Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

/sauki/ → /sɔːki/ → /soːki/

From Middle Chinese compound 想起 (sjang^X kʰɨ^X, literally “to think + to rise, to stand up”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎngqǐ.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​ーき [sóꜜòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːkʲi]

Noun

想(そう)起(き) • (sōki) ^{←さうき (sauki)?}

1. a recollection

Verb

想(そう)起(き)する • (sōki suru) ^{←さうき (sauki)?}suru (stem 想(そう)起(き)し (sōki shi), past 想(そう)起(き)した (sōki shita))

1. to recall, to remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of "想起する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	想起し	そうきし	sōki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	想起し	そうきし	sōki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	想起する	そうきする	sōki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	想起する	そうきする	sōki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	想起すれ	そうきすれ	sōki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	想起せよ¹ 想起しろ²	そうきせよ¹ そうきしろ²	sōki seyo¹ sōki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	想起される	そうきされる	sōki sareru
Causative	想起させる 想起さす	そうきさせる そうきさす	sōki saseru sōki sasu
Potential	想起できる	そうきできる	sōki dekiru
Volitional	想起しよう	そうきしよう	sōki shiyō
Negative	想起しない	そうきしない	sōki shinai
Negative continuative	想起せず	そうきせず	sōki sezu
Formal	想起します	そうきします	sōki shimasu
Perfective	想起した	そうきした	sōki shita
Conjunctive	想起して	そうきして	sōki shite
Hypothetical conditional	想起すれば	そうきすれば	sōki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative