想起

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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)
simp. #(想起)

Pronunciation


Verb

想⫽起 (verb-complement)

  1. (transitive) to remember; to recall; to think of
    名字 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    xiǎng tā de míngzi.
    I can't recall his name.
    想起如何 [MSC, trad.]
    想起如何 [MSC, simp.]
    xiǎngqǐ nǐ, rúhé dà de tòng dōu huì biàn xiǎo.
    When I think of you, no matter how big the pain is, it still becomes small.

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

/sauki//sɔːki//soːki/

From Middle Chinese compound 想起 (sjangX kʰɨX, literally to think + to rise, to stand up). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎngqǐ.

Pronunciation

Noun

(そう)() (sōkiさうき (sauki)?

  1. a recollection

Verb

(そう)()する (sōki suruさうき (sauki)?suru (stem (そう)() (sōki shi), past (そう)()した (sōki shita))

  1. to recall, to remember

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN