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Information of 启

Pinyin qǐ

Radical

口

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to open / to start

启 qǐ 1. 打开 (open) - 示例: 启封 (open the seal), 启门 (open the door), 某某启 (someone opens), 启齿 (to open one's mouth). 2. 开始 (start) - 示例: 启用 (begin using), 启程 (set out), 启运 (start operation). 3. 开导 (enlighten, teach, educate) - 示例: 启迪 (enlighten), 启发 (inspire), 启蒙 (initiate), 启示 (hint), 启明 (the planet Venus appearing in eastern sky before sunrise). - 例子: 承上启下 (linking the preceding and following). 4. 陈述 (state) - 示例: 启事 (announce things). 5. 书信 (letter) - 示例: 书启 (letter), 小启 (small letter). 6. 开拓 (open up) - 示例: 启土 (expand the territory), 启设 (establish), 启业 (found a business). 7. 启奏 (inform, state) - 示例: 启帖 (an informative note), 启白 (report), 启问 (state an inquiry). 8. 烦请 (please) - 示例: 启动 (please, a polite opening), 启烦 (please, trouble you). 9. 通 “跽” (prostrate, kneel) - 示例: 启 (to express kneeling gesture). 10. 通 “晵” (observe, watch) - 示例: 启予足 (provide me with feet!), 启予手 (provide me with hands!). 名词意义: 1. 书信 (letter) - 示例: 方欲奉启告别，遽辱惠问 (I wanted to send a letter to say goodbye, but was suddenly honored by your inquiry). 2. 官方文件 (official document) - 示例: 官信曰启 (the official document is called a letter). 3. 中国古代指立春、立夏 (the Beginning of Spring or Summer in ancient China) - 示例: 凡分、至、启、闭，必书云物 (all seasons including spring, summer, opening, and closing must be recorded).

启用 qǐ yòng

to start using / (computing) to enable (a feature)

启示 qǐ shì

to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson

启发 qǐ fā

to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation

开启 kāi qǐ

to open / to start / (computing) to enable

启程 qǐ chéng

to set out on a journey

启蒙 qǐ méng

to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

启奏 qǐ zòu

to submit a report to the king / to talk to the king

启德 qǐ dé

Kai Tak

启东 Qǐ dōng

Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu

启蒙运动 qǐ méng yùn dòng

the enlightenment

启事 qǐ shì

announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice

启功 qǐ gōng

Qi Gong

启航 qǐ háng

(of a ship) to set sail / (of an aeroplane) to take off / also written 起航[qi3 hang2]

重启 chóng qǐ

to reopen / to restart

承上启下 chéng shàng qǐ xià

a connecting link between the preceding and the following

难以启齿 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth

启闭 qǐ bì

start and stop / on and off

启示录 Qǐ shì lù

the Revelation of St John the divine / the Apocalypse

启齿 qǐ chǐ

to open one's mouth / to start talking

启动 qǐ dòng

to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)

羞于启齿 xiū yú qǐ chǐ

to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)