奮起

Chinese

		exert oneself	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (奮起)		奮	起
simp. (奋起)		奋	起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fènqǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˋ ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁵ hei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fun-hí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùn-khí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fènqǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˋ ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèncǐ
  - Wade–Giles: fên⁴-chʻi³
  - Yale: fèn-chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fennchii
  - Palladius: фэньци (fɛnʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁵ hei²
  - Yale: fáhn héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁵ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen⁵ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn¹³ hei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fun-hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: fun hi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fun⁴ hi³
  - Sinological IPA: /fun⁵⁵ hi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-khí
  - Tâi-lô: hùn-khí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huonqie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hun¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hun²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi⁴¹/

Verb

奮起

to brace oneself; to rise vigorously; to rise up
to raise or lift with all of one's strength

Synonyms

(to brace oneself): 抖擻／抖擞 (dǒusǒu), 煥發／焕发 (huànfā), 提起 (tíqǐ), 振奮／振奋 (zhènfèn), 振作 (zhènzuò)
(to raise or lift):

抬 (tái)
拿起 (náqǐ)
掀 (xiān)
揚 / 扬 (yáng)
提起 (tíqǐ)
舉起 / 举起 (jǔqǐ)

Derived terms

奮起直追 / 奋起直追

Related terms

興起／兴起 (xīngqǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奮	起
ふん Grade: 6	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふんき [fúꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̃ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

奮(ふん)起(き) • (funki) ^{←ふんき (funki)^?}

rousing

Verb

奮(ふん)起(き)する • (funki suru) ^{←ふんき (funki)^?}suru (stem 奮(ふん)起(き)し (funki shi), past 奮(ふん)起(き)した (funki shita))

to be roused

Conjugation

Conjugation of "奮起する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	奮起し	ふんきし	funki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	奮起し	ふんきし	funki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	奮起する	ふんきする	funki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	奮起する	ふんきする	funki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	奮起すれ	ふんきすれ	funki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	奮起せよ¹ 奮起しろ²	ふんきせよ¹ ふんきしろ²	funki seyo¹ funki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	奮起される	ふんきされる	funki sareru
Causative	奮起させる奮起さす	ふんきさせるふんきさす	funki saseru funki sasu
Potential	奮起できる	ふんきできる	funki dekiru
Volitional	奮起しよう	ふんきしよう	funki shiyō
Negative	奮起しない	ふんきしない	funki shinai
Negative continuative	奮起せず	ふんきせず	funki sezu
Formal	奮起します	ふんきします	funki shimasu
Perfective	奮起した	ふんきした	funki shita
Conjunctive	奮起して	ふんきして	funki shite
Hypothetical conditional	奮起すれば	ふんきすれば	funki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“奮起”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026