起来 [-來] qǐ lai to stand up; to get upalso pr. qǐ lái Example sentences 你快起来，不要一直睡觉。 nǐ kuài qǐlai, bùyào yīzhí shuìjiào. You are up, do not always sleep 我今天下午才起来，因为昨天太晚睡了。 wǒ jīntiān xiàwǔ cái qǐlai, yīnwèi zuótiān tài wǎn shuìle. I got up this afternoon because it was too late for yesterday
起来 [-來] qi lai (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a stateindicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站 zhàn)indicating completion(after a perception verb, e.g. 看 kàn) expressing preliminary judgmentalso pr. qǐ lai