粵

興hing1起hei2

simp兴起
hing1 hei2xīng qǐ

English

  1. to rise
  2. to spring up
  3. to burgeon
  4. to be aroused
  5. to come into vogue
  6. to spring up; to become popular
  7. to develop and grow a lot

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 開始變得流行,越嚟越多人關注
  2. 發展壯大

Examples

  • 一九六零年代,美國興起民權運動。

    The 1960s saw the emergence of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 由平安時代後期到鎌倉時代,由於佛教同淨土佛教嘅興起,誕生咗被稱為鎌倉新佛教嘅各種宗派。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 她变得高兴起来。

    She became happy.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 看見你笑,我就會高興起來。

    Your smile always makes me happy.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 一九六零年代,美國興起民權運動。

    The 1960s saw the emergence of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 而家香港樂壇再次興起。

    The musical world in Hong Kong has been popular again. ----

  • 近年好多中國企業都逐漸興起。

    Thousands of Mainland enterprises have gradually sprung up in the past couple of years.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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