Timeline for What's the meaning of 聊起 in 马小姐正在和她的好朋友李太太聊起这个男人的事情
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Sep 5, 2020 at 4:28 | comment | added | Wayne Cheah | And yes, 聊起 is better understood as "talk about", (or "start to talk about"), which I initially wanted to use. However, I settled on just "start to..." because OP was confused as to why 聊, (talk), 起, (rise), is combined and what is the role of 起. So in order to remain topical to OP's question, 起, it's many meanings and role in 聊起 has to be explained. By replacing 起 with 到 dose not explain adequately the role of 起 in this context. | |
Sep 5, 2020 at 4:11 | comment | added | Wayne Cheah | In my view, 聊到, would be better translated into English as "regarding" | |
Sep 4, 2020 at 4:34 | comment | added | dan | I agree on HungYu Chang's answer. 起 in the OP's sentence doesn't mean "to start", but like 到 or 及, which is also a complement, denoting 'involvement' other than 'start'. | |
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