Chinese word dictionary

声名鹊起

shēng míng què qǐ · (idiom) to rise to fame

Practice word

Word information

Simplified声名鹊起

Traditional聲名鵲起

Pinyinshēng míng què qǐ

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

声shēng

sound, noise; voice, tone, music

名míng

name; position, rank, title

鹊què

magpie; Pica species (various)

起qǐ

to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

How to learn 声名鹊起

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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对不起duìbuqǐ

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

名字míngzi

name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]

起床qǐchuáng

to get out of bed; to get up

名míng

name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people

起来qǐlái

to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]

姓名xìngmíng

surname and given name; full name