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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Qǐ | Qi3
English translation
Qi son of Yu the Great [Yǔ], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 Xià cháo [Xià Cháo] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
to open
to start
to initiate
to enlighten or awaken
to state
to inform
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A door  being opened  kǒu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

户口 hù kǒu

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我们 wǒmen tián bǎo le 肚子 dùzi 便 biàn 启程 qǐchéng 北京 Běijīng .

We put the calories in our stomachs and set off for Beijing.

zhè 货物 huò wù 昨天 zuótiān Cóng 伦敦 Lún dūn 装船 zhuāng chuán 启运 qǐ yùn .

The goods sailed yesterday from London.

幼儿 yòu ér 游戏 yóuxì gěi 孩子 háizi 很多启发 qǐfā .

The playgroup provides plenty of stimulation for the children.

每个 rén dōu yǒu jiā ,生命 shēngmìng zhī zhōu Cóng 这里 zhè lǐ 启航 qǐ háng !

Everyone has a home and the life boat sets sail from here!

zhè jiù shì hěn zǎo 以前 yǐqián 一些 yī xiē xìng 开始 kāishǐ 启用 qǐ yòng de 方法 fāngfǎ .

This is the way that some last names started long , long ago.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
启动 qǐ dòng to start (a machine)啟動
开启 kāi qǐ to open開啟
启发 qǐfā to enlighten啟發
to open
启示 qǐshì to reveal啟示
启用 qǐ yòng to start using啟用
启程 qǐchéng to set out on a journey啟程
启蒙 qǐméng to initiate啟蒙
启事 qǐshì a notice啟事
难以启齿 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to find it hard to speak about sth難以啟齒
启迪 qǐ dí to edify啟迪
启示录 Qǐ shì lù the Apocalypse啟示錄
启航 qǐ háng (of a ship) to set sail啟航
启齿 qǐ chǐ to open one's mouth啟齒
梁启超 Liáng Qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898梁啟超
启动子 qǐ dòng zi promoter啟動子
启明 Qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn啟明
承前启后 chéng qián qǐ hòu forming a bridge between earlier and later stages承前啟後
启东 Qǐ dōng Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通 Nán tōng [Nán​tōng], Jiangsu啟東
启发式 qǐ fā shì heuristic啟發式
重启 chóng qǐ to reopen重啟
启明星 qǐ míng xīng (astronomy) Venus啟明星

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