1to rise
2to raise
3to get up
4to set out
5to start
6to appear
7to launch
8to initiate (action)
9to draft
10to establish
11to get (from a depot or counter)
12verb suffix, to start
13starting from (a time, place, price etc)
14classifier for groups: batch, group
15classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
Examples
nǐ你huì会dōng东shān山zài再qǐ起de的。
你会东山再起的。
You'll bounce back.
你给你儿子起什么名字？
What did you name your son?
他一坐下，就拿起了电话。
As soon as he sat down, he picked up the telephone.