Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- qǐ
- Qǐ
English
- open
- 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
- begin
- to start
- to initiate
- to enlighten or awaken
- to state
- to inform
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 啟
- 啟矇kai2 mung4
variant of 啟蒙|启蒙[qi3 meng2]
- 啟事kai2 si6
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
- 啟運kai2 wan6
to ship (goods)
- 啟動kai2 dung6
to start (a machine)
- 敬啟ging3 kai2
respectful closing to a letter
- 開啟hoi1 kai2
to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)
- 啟奏kai2 zau3
to submit a report to the king
- 啟動區kai2 dung6 keoi1
boot sector (computing)
- 啟發kai2 faat3
to enlighten
- 啟用kai2 jung6
to start using
- 謹啟gan2 kai2
to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
- 啟稟kai2 ban2
when juniors report to the seniors
- 啟示錄kai2 si6 luk6
the Revelation of St John the divine
- 啟蒙kai2 mung4
to instruct the young
- 啟發法kai2 faat3 faat3
heuristic method
- 啟發式kai2 faat3 sik1
heuristic
- 重啟cung5 kai2
to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)
- 啟示kai2 si6
to reveal
- 明天啟ming4 tin1 kai2
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]
- 啟程kai2 cing4
to set out on a journey
- 啟示者kai2 si6 ze2
revelator
- 啟迪kai2 dik6
to edify
- 啟蟄kai2 zat6
Waking from Hibernation
- 啟航kai2 hong4
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off