说起来

說起來

shuōqǐlái

phrase HSK 7

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

说起来容易，做起来难。

Shuōqǐlái róngyì, zuòqǐlái nán.

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

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.

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