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Usage of the character 掀

xiān
[掀]
  • to lift (a lid)
  • to rock
  • to convulse
xiānfān
掀翻
[掀翻]
  • to turn sth over
  • to overturn
xiānqǐ
掀起
[掀起]
  • to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
  • (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
  • (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
xiānkāi
掀开
[掀開]
  • to lift open
  • to tear open
xiāndòng
掀动
[掀動]
  • to stir
  • to lift
  • to set sth in motion
xiānténg
掀腾
[掀騰]
  • to surge up
  • raging (billows)
xiānyǒng
掀涌
[掀湧]
  • to seethe
  • to bubble up
xiāndiào
掀掉
[掀掉]
  • to remove
  • to tear off
xiānbèichē
掀背车
[掀背車]
  • hatchback
xiāntiānjiēdì
掀天揭地
[掀天揭地]
  • earth-shattering
xiānfēnggǔlàng
掀风鼓浪
[掀風鼓浪]
  • to raise a storm
  • to stir up trouble
  • to instigate