- to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
- (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
- (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
Characters
- 掀 (掀): to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
- 起 (起): to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
Resources
- Wiktionary: 掀起
- MDBG: 掀起
- Examples with 掀起 on Tatoeba
Examples
微風在湖面上掀起了一絲絲漣漪。