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掀 xiān

to stir up; to turn over

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 6
Radical
扌
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 扌欣 ⿰扌欣

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  1. 他掀起了桌上的布。
    Tā xiān qǐ le zhuō shàng de bù.
    He lifted the cloth on the table.
    he lift-up (particle) table-on (particle) cloth
  2. 这场比赛能掀起多大的关注？
    Zhè chǎng bǐsài néng xiānqǐ duō dà de guānzhù?
    How much attention can this match stir up?
    this (measure) match can stir-up how big (particle) attention (question)
  3. 我们应该在校园里掀起一场读书热潮。
    Wǒmen yīnggāi zài xiàoyuán lǐ xiānqǐ yì chǎng dúshū rècháo.
    We should stir up a reading craze on campus.
    we should at campus-inside stir-up one (measure) reading craze
  4. 这次活动并没有掀起太大的反响。
    Zhè cì huódòng bìng méiyǒu xiānqǐ tài dà de fǎnxiǎng.
    This event didn't stir up much of a response.
    this time activity at-all not-have stir-up too big (particle) response
  5. 那部电影上映后，在全国掀起了一股热潮。
    Nà bù diànyǐng shàngyìng hòu, zài quánguó xiānqǐ le yì gǔ rècháo.
    After that movie was released, it stirred up a wave of enthusiasm nationwide.
    that (measure) movie release after, at whole-country stir-up (particle) one (measure) craze

Words with 掀 (1)