起锚

起錨

qǐmáo

verb #27,446

Meanings

1 to weigh anchor
2 to raise the anchor and set sail

Characters

to rise; to start; to get up

Examples

船队在黎明时分起锚出发。

Chuánduì zài límíng shífēn qǐmáo chūfā.

The fleet weighed anchor and set off at dawn.

一切准备就绪，可以起锚了。

Yīqiē zhǔnbèi jiùxù, kěyǐ qǐmáo le.

Everything is ready — we can weigh anchor now.

Tips

memory

起 (to rise; to start) + 锚 (anchor) — to raise the anchor, i.e., to get a vessel moving. Used both literally and figuratively for starting a journey or project.

Stroke Order

起 qǐ

锚 máo