what is the purpose of 起来in this phrase?
把被子收起来吧？let's put the quilt way
in other circumstances, qilai means to get up but there there is a different meaning, and from the definitions i can't decide which definition is occurring here.
1. used after a verb indicating beginning and continuation of an action or a state
2. indicating an upward movement
3. bringing things together
4. after a perception verb expressing preliminary judgement

谢谢！

Question

what is the purpose of 起来in this phrase?
把被子收起来吧？let's put the quilt way
in other circumstances, qilai means to get up but there there is a different meaning, and from the definitions i can't decide which definition is occurring here.
1. used after a verb indicating beginning and continuation of an action or a state
2. indicating an upward movement
3. bringing things together 
4. after a perception verb expressing preliminary judgement

谢谢！

Answer

选项1* 跑起来，吃起来 and also used after a adj. 天气渐渐热起来。日子好起来了。
      2* 举起来 、拉起来、跳起来等等。
      3* 收起来、归（纳）起来、凑起来等
      4* 笑起来、看起来、闻起来、听起来、尝起来等

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V+起来 most of time has 4 meanings.
1. Something moves from mess to order, "收起来"；
2、Something starts to move, from silence to acting,"动起来"‘唱起来”；
3. Something shows up, "想起来" “”
4、Used as a parenthesis , means focus on something. "看起来，他不会那么早来"“说起来，你来中国已经一年了”

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The easiest thing about multiple choice is most of the answers are wrong. Eliminate all wrong choices until you are left with the correct choice. Choice 4 can be eliminated because your verb 收 has nothing to do with perception (i.e, the five senses.) You already eliminated Choice 2 in your question when you mentioned the phrase "to get up".

Now you are left with Choice 1 or Choice 3. Ask yourself, does your sentence start and continue an action or state OR bring things together? I would think since your sentence indicates putting away a quilt, Choice 1 is correct.

Therefore, 起來 in your question means to do a verb and continuing verb-ing. Example: When she smiles, she's very pretty. 當她笑起來的時候，很漂亮. Please, peel the potatoes. 請把土豆削起來.

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