说起来

說起來

shuōqǐlái

phrase HSK 7-9

Meanings

1 speaking of which
2 when it comes to
3 come to think of it

Characters

to say; to speak

to rise; to start

to come (complement)

Examples

HSK 2

说起来，我们好久没见了。

Shuōqǐlái, wǒmen hǎojiǔ méi jiàn le.

Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other in a long time.

HSK 3

说起来容易，做起来难。

Shuōqǐlái róngyì, zuò qǐlái nán.

It's easy to say, but hard to do.

Tips

grammar

说起来 has two main uses: (1) as a discourse marker meaning 'speaking of which' at the start of a sentence; (2) in the pattern V起来 meaning 'when it comes to V-ing', as in 说起来容易做起来难.

Stroke Order

说 shuō

起 qǐ

来 lái