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Qi son of Yu the Great 禹, reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

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to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform

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哀启 哀啟 ai1 qi3
obituary (archaic term)

不愤不启 不憤不啟 bu4 fen4 bu4 qi3
a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)

承前启后 承前啟後 cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages

承先启后 承先啟後 cheng2 xian1 qi3 hou4
see 承前啟後|承前启后

重复启动效应 重複啟動效應 chong2 fu4 qi3 dong4 xiao4 ying4
repetition priming effect

重启 重啟 chong2 qi3
to reopen; to restart

重新启动 重新啟動 chong2 xin1 qi3 dong4
to reboot; to restart

词干启动 詞幹啟動 ci2 gan4 qi3 dong4
stem priming

谨启 謹啟 jin3 qi3
respectfully yours (in letters)

敬启 敬啟 jing4 qi3
respectful closing to a letter

敬启者 敬啟者 jing4 qi3 zhe3
Dear Sirs; To Whom It May Concern

开启 開啟 kai1 qi3
to open; to start

课文启动 課文啟動 ke4 wen2 qi3 dong4
text priming

梁启超 梁啟超 liang2 qi3 chao1
Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898

明天启 明天啟 ming2 tian1 qi3
Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校 (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name 明熹宗

难以启齿 難以啟齒 nan2 yi3 qi3 chi3
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth

启程 啟程 qi3 cheng2
to set out on a journey

启齿 啟齒 qi3 chi3
to open one's mouth; to start talking

启德机场 啟德機場 qi3 de2 ji1 chang3
Kai Tak Airport

启迪 啟迪 qi3 di2
to edify; enlightenment

启东 啟東 qi3 dong1
Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu

启东市 啟東市 qi3 dong1 shi4
Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu

启动 啟動 qi3 dong4
to start (a machine); to set in movement; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)

启动技术 啟動技術 qi3 dong4 ji4 shu4
priming technique

启动区 啟動區 qi3 dong4 qu1
boot sector (computing)

启动子 啟動子 qi3 dong4 zi5
promoter

启动作业 啟動作業 qi3 dong4 zuo4 ye4
priming task

启发 啟發 qi3 fa1
to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation

启发法 啟發法 qi3 fa1 fa3
heuristic method; heuristics

启发式 啟發式 qi3 fa1 shi4
heuristic

启海话 啟海話 qi3 hai3 hua4
Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai

启航 啟航 qi3 hang2
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an aeroplane) to take off; also written 起航

启蒙 啟蒙 qi3 meng2
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

启蒙 啟矇 qi3 meng2
variant of 啟蒙|启蒙; to instruct the young

启蒙主义 啟蒙主義 qi3 meng2 zhu3 yi4
Enlightenment (philosophy)

启明 啟明 qi3 ming2
classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn

启明星 啟明星 qi3 ming2 xing1
(astronomy) Venus

启事 啟事 qi3 shi4
announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice

启示 啟示 qi3 shi4
to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson

启示录 啟示錄 qi3 shi4 lu4
the Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse

启示者 啟示者 qi3 shi4 zhe3
revelator

启应祈祷 啟應祈禱 qi3 ying4 qi2 dao3
Introitus (section of Catholic mass)

启用 啟用 qi3 yong4
to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)

启运 啟運 qi3 yun4
to ship (goods)

启蛰 啟蟄 qi3 zhe2
Waking from Hibernation; old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰, Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March

启奏 啟奏 qi3 zou4
to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king

羞于启齿 羞於啟齒 xiu1 yu2 qi3 chi3
to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)

徐光启 徐光啟 xu2 guang1 qi3
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty

殷忧启圣 殷憂啟聖 yin1 you1 qi3 sheng4
deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom); storms make oaks take deeper root