說起 shuoˉ qiˇ

(Begin)

Begin (talking about)

起來 qiˇ laiˊ

(Get Up, In the process, Verb Ending, While doing)

Get up, In the process of, While doing, verb ending

說

Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

起

Get Up, Raise, Rise

Rise, Raise, Get Up

來

Bring, Come, Do, Ever, From, Later, Next, Return, Verb, Verb Ending

Come, Do, Later, Ever since, Bring, Return, Next, From, Verb substitute, Verb beginning, Verb ending