| 啟 | [ qǐ ] Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC) |
| 啟 | [ qǐ ] to open, to start, to initiate, to enlighten or awaken, to state, to inform |
| 啟事 | [ qǐ shì ] announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website), to post information, a notice |
| 啟動 | [ qǐ dòng ] to start (a machine), (fig.) to set in motion, to launch (an operation), to activate (a plan) |
| 啟動區 | [ qǐ dòng qū ] boot sector (computing) |
| 啟動子 | [ qǐ dòng zi ] promoter |
| 啟奏 | [ qǐ zoù ] to submit a report to the king, to talk to the king |
| 啟封 | [ qǐ fēng ] to open sth that has been sealed |
| 啟德機場 | [ qǐ dé jī chǎng ] Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998 |
| 啟應祈禱 | [ qǐ yìng qí daǒ ] Introitus (section of Catholic mass) |
| 啟明 | [ qǐ míng ] Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn |
| 啟明星 | [ qǐ míng xīng ] (astronomy) Venus |
| 啟東 | [ qǐ dōng ] Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
| 啟東市 | [ qǐ dōng shì ] Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通[Nan2 tong1], Jiangsu |
| 啟海話 | [ qǐ haǐ huà ] Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai |
| 啟用 | [ qǐ yòng ] to start using, (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 啟發 | [ qǐ fā ] to enlighten, to explain (a text etc), to stimulate (a mental attitude), enlightenment, revelation, motivation |
| 啟發式 | [ qǐ fā shì ] heuristic |
| 啟發法 | [ qǐ fā fǎ ] heuristic method, heuristics |
| 啟矇 | [ qǐ méng ] variant of 啟蒙|启蒙[qi3 meng2], to instruct the young |
| 啟示 | [ qǐ shì ] to reveal, to enlighten, enlightenment, revelation, illumination, moral (of a story etc), lesson |
| 啟示者 | [ qǐ shì zhě ] revelator |
| 啟示錄 | [ qǐ shì lù ] the Revelation of St John the divine, the Apocalypse |
| 啟程 | [ qǐ chéng ] to set out on a journey |
| 啟航 | [ qǐ háng ] (of a ship) to set sail, (of an aeroplane) to take off, also written 起航[qi3 hang2] |
| 啟蒙 | [ qǐ méng ] 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 |
| 啟蒙主義 | [ qǐ méng zhǔ yì ] Enlightenment (philosophy) |
| 啟蟄 | [ qǐ zhé ] Waking from Hibernation, old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March |
| 啟迪 | [ qǐ dí ] to edify, enlightenment |
| 啟運 | [ qǐ yùn ] to ship (goods) |
| 啟齒 | [ qǐ chǐ ] to open one's mouth, to start talking |
| ⇒ 不憤不啟 | [ bù fèn bù qǐ ] a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom) |
| ⇒ 哀啟 | [ aī qǐ ] obituary (archaic term) |
| ⇒ 徐光啟 | [ xú guāng qǐ ] Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty |
| ⇒ 承先啟後 | [ chéng xiān qǐ hoù ] see 承前啟後|承前启后[cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4] |
| ⇒ 承前啟後 | [ chéng qián qǐ hoù ] to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition, forming a bridge between earlier and later stages |
| ⇒ 敬啟 | [ jìng qǐ ] respectful closing to a letter |
| ⇒ 敬啟者 | [ jìng qǐ zhě ] Dear Sirs, To Whom It May Concern |
| ⇒ 明天啟 | [ míng tiān qǐ ] 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] |
| ⇒ 梁啟超 | [ liáng qǐ chaō ] Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 |
| ⇒ 殷憂啟聖 | [ yīn yoū qǐ shèng ] deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom), storms make oaks take deeper root |
| ⇒ 羞於啟齒 | [ xiū yú qǐ chǐ ] to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom) |
| ⇒ 謹啟 | [ jǐn qǐ ] to respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters) |
| ⇒ 重啟 | [ chóng qǐ ] to reopen, to restart |
| ⇒ 重新啟動 | [ chóng xīn qǐ dòng ] to reboot, to restart |
| ⇒ 開啟 | [ kaī qǐ ] to open, to start, (computing) to enable |
| ⇒ 難以啟齒 | [ nán yǐ qǐ chǐ ] to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom), to find it hard to speak about sth |