啟 qǐ

open; begin

DEFINITIONS

  • open
  • begin
  • variant of 啟|启[qi3]
  • Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
  • to open
  • to start
  • to initiate
  • to enlighten or awaken
  • to state
  • to inform

WORDS

不憤不啟 bù fèn bù qǐ a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)
哀啟 āi qǐ obituary (archaic term)
啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice
啟動 qǐ dòng to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)
啟動區 qǐ dòng qū boot sector (computing)
啟動子 qǐ dòng zi promoter
啟奏 qǐ zòu to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king
啟封 qǐ fēng to open sth that has been sealed
啟德機場 qǐ dé jī chǎng Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998
啟應祈禱 qǐ yìng qí dǎo Introitus (section of Catholic mass)
啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
啟明星 qǐ míng xīng (astronomy) Venus
啟東 qǐ dōng Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
啟東市 qǐ dōng shì Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu
啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai
啟用 qǐ yòng to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
啟發 qǐ fā to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
啟發式 qǐ fā shì heuristic
啟發法 qǐ fā fǎ heuristic method; heuristics
啟矇 qǐ méng variant of 啟蒙|启蒙[qi3 meng2]; 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
啟示 qǐ shì to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson
啟示者 qǐ shì zhě revelator
啟示錄 qǐ shì lù the Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse
啟程 qǐ chéng to set out on a journey
啟航 qǐ háng (of a ship) to set sail; (of an aeroplane) to take off; also written 起航[qi3 hang2]
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