启

qǐ

Definitions

1. Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[yǔ], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[xià cháo] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
2. to open
3. to start
4. to initiate
5. to enlighten or awaken
6. to state
7. to inform

Words Containing 启

• 启事 qǐ shì: announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
• 启动 qǐ dòng: to start (a machine)
• 启发 qǐ fā: to enlighten
• 启示 qǐ shì: to reveal
• 启程 qǐ chéng: to set out on a journey
• 启蒙 qǐ méng: to instruct the young
• 启迪 qǐ dí: to edify
• 开启 kāi qǐ: to open
• 不愤不启 bù fèn bù qǐ: a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)
• 哀启 āi qǐ: obituary (archaic term)
• 启动区 qǐ dòng qū: boot sector (computing)
• 启动子 qǐ dòng zi: promoter
• 启奏 qǐ zòu: to submit a report to the king
• 启封 qǐ fēng: to open sth that has been sealed
• 启德机场 qǐ dé jī chǎng: Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998
• 启应祈祷 qǐ yìng qí dǎo: Introitus (section of Catholic mass)
• 启明 qǐ míng: Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
• 启明星 qǐ míng xīng: (astronomy) Venus
• 启东 qǐ dōng: Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
• 启东市 qǐ dōng shì: Qidong, county-level city in Nantong 南通[nán tōng], Jiangsu
• 启海话 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
• 启用 qǐ yòng: to start using
• 启发式 qǐ fā shì: heuristic
• 启发法 qǐ fā fǎ: heuristic method
• 启示者 qǐ shì zhě: revelator
• 启示录 qǐ shì lù: the Revelation of St John the divine
• 启航 qǐ háng: (of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
• 启蒙主义 qǐ méng zhǔ yì: Enlightenment (philosophy)
• 启运 qǐ yùn: to ship (goods)
• 启齿 qǐ chǐ: to open one's mouth
• 徐光启 xú guāng qǐ: Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
• 承先启后 chéng xiān qǐ hòu: see 承前啟後|承前启后[chéng qián qǐ hòu]
• 承前启后 chéng qián qǐ hòu: to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
• 敬启 jìng qǐ: respectful closing to a letter
• 敬启者 jìng qǐ zhě: Dear Sirs
• 明天启 míng tiān qǐ: Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[zhū yóu xiào] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[míng xī zōng]
• 梁启超 liáng qǐ chāo: Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
• 殷忧启圣 yīn yōu qǐ shèng: deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
• 羞于启齿 xiū yú qǐ chǐ: to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
• 谨启 jǐn qǐ: to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
• 重启 chóng qǐ: to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)
• 重新启动 chóng xīn qǐ dòng: to reboot; to restart
• 难以启齿 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ: to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)