听起来 (聽起來)
tīng qi lai
Pinyin

Definition

听起来 (聽起來)
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tīng qi lai
  1. to sound like

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这由外而内的自信心练习听起来还挺靠谱的，仪态、语调还有修养好心态，循序渐进地操练一定会有所帮助。
zhè yóu wài ér nèi de zìxìnxīn liànxí tīng qǐlai hái tǐng kàopǔ de ，yítài 、yǔdiào háiyǒu xiūyǎng hǎo xīntài ，xúnxùjiànjìn de cāoliàn yīdìng huì yǒusuǒ bāngzhù 。
This outside in confidence training sounds really worthwhile, posture, tone and maintaining a good attitude, if I practice it step by step it's certain to be helpful.
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听起来你是要我拍马屁，当墙头草吧。这种事我才不干。
tīngqilai nǐ shì yào wǒ pāimǎpì ，dāng qiángtóucǎo ba 。zhèzhǒng shì wǒ cái bù gàn 。
It sounds like you want me to butter everyone up and be a pushover. I'm not doing these things.
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不好意思，如果我说的话在中文里听起来不对，请告诉我。
bùhǎoyìsi ，rúguǒ wǒ shuō dehuà zài Zhōngwén lǐ tīng qǐlai bù duì ，qǐng gàosu wǒ 。
Excuse me, if there is anything that sounds wrong with my Chinese, please tell me.
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