勾起

gōuqǐ
  1. to evoke
  2. to induce
  3. to call to mind
  4. to pick up with a hook

CEDICT

to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook

Wiktionary

Examples

我不愿意勾起久远的回忆。

I don't want to stir up old memories.

Source: Tatoeba

这首歌勾起了我童年的回忆。

This song reminds me of my childhood.

Source: Tatoeba

这些音乐勾起了我儿时的回忆。

The music carried me back to my childhood.

Source: Tatoeba

那首歌总是勾起我中学时代的回忆。

Every time I hear that song, I think of my high school days.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 勾 gōu
  1. to attract
  2. to arouse
  3. to tick
  4. to strike out
  5. to delineate
  6. to collude
  7. variant of 钩 gōu, hook
2 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group

Related entries

激起 jīqǐ
  1. to arouse
  2. to evoke
  3. to cause
  4. to stir up
我的兴趣被激起来了。

My interest quickened.

Source: Tatoeba

勾出 gōuchū
  1. to delineate
  2. to articulate
  3. to evoke
  4. to draw out
  5. to tick off
唤起 huànqǐ
  1. to waken (to action)
  2. to rouse (the masses)
  3. to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
引发 yǐnfā
  1. to lead to
  2. to trigger
  3. to initiate
  4. to cause
  5. to evoke (emotions)
自慰引发疯狂。

Masturbation leads to insanity.

Source: Tatoeba

诱发 yòufā
  1. to induce
  2. to cause
  3. to elicit
  4. to trigger
𫍲 sǒu to induce
诱导 yòudǎo
  1. to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance
  2. (medicine, chemistry) to induce
诱惑 yòuhuò
  1. to entice
  2. to lure
  3. to induce
  4. to attract
我沒想誘惑你。

I didn't mean to tempt you.

Source: Tatoeba

诲 huì
  1. to teach
  2. to instruct
  3. to induce
导出 dǎochū
  1. to derive
  2. derived
  3. derivation
  4. to entail
  5. to induce
  6. to export (data)
诱使 yòushǐ
  1. to lure into
  2. to entrap
  3. to trick into
  4. to entice
  5. to induce
  6. to invite
  7. to tempt
想到 xiǎngdào
  1. to think of
  2. to call to mind
  3. to anticipate
我只想到你。

I'm only thinking of you.

Source: Tatoeba

成象 chéngxiàng
  1. to form an image
  2. to call to mind
想起 xiǎngqǐ
  1. to recall
  2. to think of
  3. to call to mind
我开始想起汤姆。

I started thinking about Tom.

Source: Tatoeba