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

啟蒙 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
啟蒙主義 qǐ méng zhǔ yì Enlightenment (philosophy)
啟蟄 qǐ zhé Waking from Hibernation; old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March
啟迪 qǐ dí to edify; enlightenment
啟運 qǐ yùn to ship (goods)
啟齒 qǐ chǐ to open one's mouth; to start talking
徐光啟 xú guāng qǐ Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
承先啟後 chéng xiān qǐ hòu see 承前啟後|承前启后[cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4]
承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
敬啟 jìng qǐ respectful closing to a letter
敬啟者 jìng qǐ zhě Dear Sirs; To Whom It May Concern
明天啟 míng tiān qǐ Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1]
梁啟超 liáng qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
殷憂啟聖 yīn yōu qǐ shèng deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root
羞於啟齒 xiū yú qǐ chǐ to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
謹啟 jǐn qǐ to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
重啟 chóng qǐ to reopen; to restart
重新啟動 chóng xīn qǐ dòng to reboot; to restart
開啟 kāi qǐ to open; to start; (computing) to enable
難以啟齒 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth
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