Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qǐ
English
- open
- variant of 啟|启[qi3]
- begin, commence
- explain
- to start; to initiate
- to enlighten
粵語
- 開始;出發;起程
- 教育;發展才能
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 啓
- 啓動kai2 dung6
(of machines) to start; to be switched on; to turn on
- 開啓hoi1 kai2
to turn on
- 啓發kai2 faat3
to inspire
- 啓用kai2 jung6
to start using; to come into use
- 啓蒙kai2 mung4
to supply rudimentary knowledge
- 重啓cung4 kai2
to restart; to relaunch
- 啓示kai2 si6
inspiration; motto
- 啓程kai2 cing4
to depart; to set off
- 啓迪kai2 dik6
to enlighten one's mind
- 啓德kai2 dak1
Kai Tak
- 啓航kai2 hong4
to set sail
- 啓市kai2 si5
(of shops) to open again, after a Chinese new year break
- 啓智kai2 zi3
to enlighten; to open one's mind
- 啓齒kai2 ci2
to bring up the matter; literally: to move one's teeth
- 梁啓超loeng4 kai2 ciu1
Liang Qichao, a Chinese scholar in the late 19th to early 20th century
- 啓新kai2 san1
- 啓順kai2 seon6
- 啓動時kai2 dung6 si4
- 敬啓者ging3 kai2 ze2
a formal appellation
- 尋人啓事cam4 jan4 kai2 si6
poster or notices for people missing
- 啓動技術kai2 dung6 gei6 seot6
- 難以啓齒naan4 ji5 kai2 ci2
something difficult to say aloud, usually due to its personal or embarrassing nature
- 啓動作業kai2 dung6 zok3 jip6
- 承上啓下sing4 soeng6 kai2 haa6
to shift the focus from above and transition smoothly in writing; to innovate based on previous work