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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 詞
說起來 word · TOCFL B1 (est.)
說起來 ＝ 說 ＋ 起 ＋ 來
ㄕㄨㄛ ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ · shuōqǐlái
phrase — speaking of it, when you talk about it (discourse opener)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

說to speak, say (說話)shuō
起to start up, take up (起來)qǐ
來the directional "come" complement (起來)lái
說起來，說話的說，起來的起來。
關 · Related
看起來kànqǐlái"by the look of it" — the parallel V起來 frame說到shuōdào"speaking of" — a near opener