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It means "to start talking/chatting".

起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action has started.

As it's common in direction complements, when there is an object, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after it, and it can even be omitted1.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored

Additional examples can be found here.


1: in the linked question, 起来 was used in its more literal meaning of "rise up". In your example and in this answer, "to begin" is figurative. The AllSetLearning link explains these two usages as well.

It means "to start talking/chatting".

起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action has started.

As it's common in direction complements, when there is an object, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after it, and it can even be omitted.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored

Additional examples can be found here.

It means "to start talking/chatting".

起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action has started.

As it's common in direction complements, when there is an object, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after it, and it can even be omitted1.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored

Additional examples can be found here.


1: in the linked question, 起来 was used in its more literal meaning of "rise up". In your example and in this answer, "to begin" is figurative. The AllSetLearning link explains these two usages as well.

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It means "to start talking/chatting".

The verb 起 and in its extended form 起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action is now beginninghas started.

As it's common in direction complements, when there is an object, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after the objectit, and it can even be omitted altogether.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored

Additional examples can be found here.

It means "to start talking/chatting".

The verb 起 and in its extended form 起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action is now beginning.

As it's common in direction complements, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after the object, and it can be omitted altogether.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored

It means "to start talking/chatting".

起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action has started.

As it's common in direction complements, when there is an object, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after it, and it can even be omitted.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored

Additional examples can be found here.

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It means "to start talking/chatting".

The verb 起 and in its extended form 起来 can be used as a direction complement to express that the action is now beginning.

As it's common in direction complements, the second direction verb 去 / 来 can be moved after the object, and it can be omitted altogether.

For example:

  • 咱们动起来吧 = Let's move!
  • 我刚看起这本书,就觉得无聊 = I just started reading this book, and I'm already bored