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起市hei2 si5arrogant; high-priced起底hei2 dai2to investigate someone's background and make them public起心hei2 sam1to have a desire for something or someone起承轉合hei2 sing4 zyun3 hap6the four prescribed steps in writing an essay; can also be used as a metaphor to describe a set ; standard ; fixed ; rigid ; prescribed way of doing something起更hei2 gaang1to begin to sound the night watches (in the olden days); the start of the night watch hours起水hei2 seoi2oestrus sow (slang)起爐hei2 lou4to light a fire; to make a fire; to light up; to fire up起牀hei2 cong4to get up from bed起病hei2 beng6the onset of an illness起痰hei2 taam4to lust after someone起眼hei2 ngaan5(adjective) obvious, eye-catching; noticeable起租hei2 zou1start of renting period (spoken)起筷hei2 faai3bon appétit (spoken)起腱hei2 zin2with strong tendons; be sinewy起腳hei2 goek3(literally: to lift one's foot); to set off; to start a journey; to kick (someone)起膊hei2 bok3to hoist something over one's shoulder起𦢊hei2 pok1blister起色hei2 sik1improvement; look better起菜hei2 coi3to start serving dishes (in a Chinese-style restaurant)起行hei2 hang4let's go (spoken)起褶hei2 zaap6frilling; wrinkled; ruck up; to crease起貨hei2 fo3completion of task (manufacturing, building, designing etc.)起踭hei2 zaang1to elbow someone起轎hei2 giu2to lift up a sedan chair when setting off to go somewhere (such as to carry a bride to her wedding); to set off; to depart起釘hei2 deng1to calculate and add the compound interest on to a loan, especially those practised by loan sharks; to pull out nails; to remove the spikes on a pineapple起鑊hei2 wok6food is cooked, and ready for serving起雞皮hei2 gai1 pei4getting goose bumps起飛腳hei2 fei1 goek3sudden tantrum or attack (spoken); betray (spoken)起首hei2 sau2starting from (spoken)起駕hei2 gaa3the act of an imperial highness (emperor or empress etc.) setting off to go somewhere (can be used in a sarcastic manner if used on an ordinary person)起骨hei2 gwat1extracting bones from meat (spoken)起點hei2 dim2origin