提起

Traditional form:

提起

Pinyin (reading):

tíqǐ

Definitions:

• to mention
• to speak of
• to lift
• to pick up
• to arouse
• to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)

Characters:

• 提 - to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 提 - to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up