Chinese

Verb

想起

1. to remember
2. to recall

   我想不起他的名字。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎngbùqǐ tā de míngzi. [Pinyin]

   I can't recall his name.

3. to think of

   我想起你，如何大的痛都會變小。 [MSC, trad.]

   我想起你，如何大的痛都会变小。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎngqǐ nǐ, rúhé dà de tòng dōu huì biàn xiǎo. [Pinyin]

   When I think of you, no matter how big the pain is, it still becomes small.

Japanese

Etymology

/sauki/ → /sɔːki/ → /soːki/

From Middle Chinese compound 想起 ‎(sjang^X kʰɨ^X, literally “to think + to rise, to stand up”). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎngqǐ.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) そ​うき [sóꜜòkì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːkʲi]

Noun

想起 ‎(hiragana そうき, romaji sōki, historical hiragana さうき)

1. a recollection

Verb

想起する ‎(hiragana そうきする, romaji sōki suru, historical hiragana さうきする)

1. to recall, to remember

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9