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Jyutping kai2
Pinyin

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (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
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to open/to start/to initiate/to enlighten or awaken/to state/to inform/to begin/to inspire/to declare
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to open
  2. character
    to start; to begin; to commence
  3. character
    to enlighten; to educate; to inspire
  4. character
    to inform; to state; to explain
  5. character
    a surname
  6. character, Chinese
    Qi of Xia (second king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
  7. character
    note; short letter
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. open
  2. begin
  3. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    ISR
  4. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    HROK
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这个装置是用开关启动的。
    這個裝置是用開關啟動的。
    zhè ge zhuāng zhì shì yòng kāi guān qǐ dòng de 。
    • This device is actuated by a switch.
  2. Mandarin
    门突然被 Mike 门启了。
    門突然被 Mike 門啟了。
    mén tū rán bèi mike mén qǐ le 。
    • The door was suddenly opened by Mike.
  3. Mandarin
    在僵尸启示录的事件中你会怎么做?
    在殭屍啟示錄的事件中你會怎麼做?
    zài jiāng shī qǐ shì lù de shì jiàn zhōng nǐ huì zěn me zuò ?
    • What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
  4. Mandarin
    开启野战手电筒不会帮助你在黑暗中看得到。
    開啟野戰手電筒不會幫助你在黑暗中看得到。
    kāi qǐ yě zhàn shǒu diàn tǒng bù huì bāng zhù nǐ zài hēi àn zhōng kàn dé dào 。
    • Switching on a fleshlight won't help you see in the dark.
  5. Mandarin
    教导学生,不到他想了解而不得其解的时候,不去开导他;不到他想表达意见却说不出来的时候,不去启发他。教给他一个方面的东西,他却不能由此而推知其它三个方面的东西,那就不再教他了。
    教導學生,不到他想瞭解而不得其解的時候,不去開導他;不到他想表達意見卻說不出來的時候,不去啟發他。教給他一個方面的東西,他卻不能由此而推知其它三個方面的東西,那就不再教他了。
    jiào dǎo xué sheng , bù dào tā xiǎng liǎo jiě ér bù dé qí jiě de shí hou , bù qù kāi dǎo tā ; bù dào tā xiǎng biǎo dá yì jiàn què shuō bù chū lái de shí hou , bù qù qǐ fā tā 。 jiāo gěi tā yí gè fāng miàn de dōng xī , tā què bù néng yóu cǐ ér tuī zhī qí tā sān gè fāng miàn de dōng xī , nà jiù bù zài jiào tā le 。
    • When teaching a student, do not enlighten him until he wishes to understand what he could not. Do not inspire him until he wishes to express but could not. When teaching him one side of a solution, if he could not discover the other three sides, then do not teach him again.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    梁启超
    梁啟超
    liáng qǐ chāo
    • Liang Qichao (Chinese intellectual and politician who lived during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China)
  2. Mandarin
    启会
    啟會
    qǐ huì
    • to uncover
  3. Mandarin
    启发
    啟發
    qǐ fā
    • to inspire; to enlighten
  4. Mandarin
    启蒙
    啟蒙
    qǐ méng
    • to impart rudimentary knowledge to beginners
  5. Mandarin
    思想启蒙
    思想啟蒙
    sī xiǎng qǐ méng
    • ideological enlightenment