WordTaiwan frequency #16,403
此起彼落
ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
“rising here and falling there; occurring continuously in succession; ebbing and flowing”
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此
ㄘˇ
This; these; here; now; then; in this case; thus; so.
起
ㄑㄧˇ
To rise, get up, stand up; to start, begin, initiate; to raise, lift; to appear, emerge; to recover, get better; to take out, fetch.
彼
ㄅㄧˇ
That; those; the other side; there; pronoun for he, she, it, they; used in classical Chinese for 'this'.
落
ㄌㄨㄛˋ
To fall or drop; to set (of sun); to decline or sink; to leave out or forget; to lag behind; to land or rest upon; to write down.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 因此ㄧㄣ ㄘˇtherefore; as a result; consequently; for this reason; hence
- 一起ㄧ ㄑㄧˇin the same place; together; in company with; altogether; in total; a case or instance of something (e.g., an accident, dispute).
- 如此ㄖㄨˊ ㄘˇlike this; so; such; in this way; to this extent.
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 引起ㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄧˇto cause; to give rise to; to lead to; to arouse
- 在一起ㄗㄞˋ ㄧ ㄑㄧˇto be together; to be in a relationship; to stay with each other.
- 彼此ㄅㄧˇ ㄘˇeach other; one another; both sides; mutual; similar situations on both sides (often used in reduplicated form).
- 此外ㄘˇ ㄨㄞˋbesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore.
- 部落ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋtribe; a community or settlement based on kinship, territory, or shared culture; a clan or village with its own language, rituals, and social structure.
- 看起來ㄎㄢˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto look; to appear; to seem; to give the impression that; apparently; seemingly.
- 此時ㄘˇ ㄕˊnow; at this moment; the present time
- 想起ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧˇto recall; to think of; to call to mind