Sentence pattern · Band 3

起来: starting up, and how it seems

Q: What is the most common mistake?

天气起来热了。 → 天气热起来了。. 起来 snaps onto the back of the adjective or verb it wakes up; it never stands alone in front.

动词 + 起来

起来 after a verb means the thing starts up or gets going: everyone suddenly laughed, the weather turned warm. With 看 in front, the frame reads a person: 看起来 means he looks tired, she looks kind. One little word, two jobs, lighting the fuse and reading the cover.

Hear it in a sentence

大家都笑起来了。Dàjiā dōu xiào qǐlái le.Everyone suddenly started laughing.

天气热起来了。Tiānqì rè qǐlái le.The weather is warming up.

他看起来很累。Tā kàn qǐlái hěn lèi.He looks really tired.

你怎么不站起来说话？Nǐ zěnme bú zhàn qǐlái shuōhuà?Why do you not stand up and speak?

Mistakes people make

Not this天气起来热了。Tiānqì qǐlái rè le.Say this天气热起来了。Tiānqì rè qǐlái le.

起来 snaps onto the back of the adjective or verb it wakes up; it never stands alone in front.

Not this他看很起来累。Tā kàn hěn qǐlái lèi.Say this他看起来很累。Tā kàn qǐlái hěn lèi.

In the looks like frame, 很 boosts the adjective at the end; nothing squeezes inside the verb pair.

Words in this pattern

起来qǐlái 看kàn

Quick answers

What does 起来：开始与看起来 mean?

How do you build it?

动词 + 起来

What is the most common mistake?

天气起来热了。 → 天气热起来了。

起来 snaps onto the back of the adjective or verb it wakes up; it never stands alone in front.

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