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)
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. [Pinyin]
    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. [Pinyin]
    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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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