燃起

ránqǐ
  1. to ignite
  2. to light
  3. fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)

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Entry Composition

1 燃 rán
  1. to burn
  2. to ignite
  3. to light
  4. fig. to spark off (hopes)
  5. to start (debate)
  6. to raise (hopes)
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

引燃 yǐnrán
  1. to ignite
  2. to start (a fire)
  3. (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)
引著 yǐnzháo
  1. to ignite
  2. to kindle
燃燒 ránshāo
  1. to ignite
  2. to combust
  3. to burn
  4. combustion
  5. flaming
這房子正在燃燒著。

The house is burning.

Source: Tatoeba

點火 diǎnhuǒ
  1. to ignite
  2. to light a fire
  3. to agitate
  4. to start an engine
  5. ignition
  6. fig. to stir up trouble
汤姆用尽了火柴，不能点火了。

Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.

Source: Tatoeba

點燃 diǎnrán
  1. to ignite
  2. to set on fire
  3. aflame
肯點燃了蠟燭。

Ken lit the candles.

Source: Tatoeba

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