I don't want to stir up old memories.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
勾起
to evoke
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to evoke
02
to induce
03
to call to mind
04
to pick up with a hook
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 勾起 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 勾起 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
This song reminds me of my childhood.
The music carried me back to my childhood.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 勾起.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 勾起.
Directly before
- 音乐勾起1
- 首歌勾起1
- 总是勾起1
- 再次勾起1
- 愿意勾起1
Directly after
- 勾起了3
- 勾起我2
- 勾起久远1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 勾起
What does 勾起 mean in Chinese?
勾起 (gōuqǐ) means to evoke.
How do you pronounce 勾起?
勾起 is pronounced gōuqǐ.
Is 勾起 an HSK word?
勾起 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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