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啟

qǐ

open; begin

Strokes
11
Radical
攴
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 启

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 启, the simplified form of 啟. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 重新启动你的电脑。

    Chóng xīn qǐ dòng nǐ de diàn nǎo

    Restart your computer.

  • 把电脑重新启动

    Bǎ diàn nǎo chóng xīn qǐ dòng

    Reboot the computer.

  • 他们的评论很有启发性。

    Tā men de píng lùn hěn yǒu qǐ fā xìng

    Their comments were illuminating.

  • 你试过重新启动它吗？

    Nǐ shì guò zhòng xīn qǐ dòng tā ma

    Have you tried rebooting it?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 启

  • 启动qǐ dòng 3–4 to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)
  • 启发qǐ fā 3–1 to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
  • 启事qǐ shì 3–4 announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice
  • 启示qǐ shì 3–4 to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson
  • 启程qǐ chéng 3–2 to set out on a journey
  • 开启kāi qǐ 1–3 to open; to start; (computing) to enable
  • 启迪qǐ dí 3–2 to edify; enlightenment
  • 启蒙qǐ méng 3–2 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