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Jyutping kai2 faat3
Pinyin qǐ fā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to enlighten
  2. to explain (a text etc)
  3. to stimulate (a mental attitude)
  4. enlightenment
  5. revelation
  6. motivation
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, transitive
    to enlighten; to inspire; to stimulate; to arouse
    (syn.) 啟導, 启迪, 開悟, 啟示, 启示, 开悟, 開導, 啟迪, 启导, 开导
    • 受某人的啟發
      受某人的启发
      shòu mǒu rén de qǐ fā
      to be inspired by someone
    • 我看過你的文章,我很受啓發。
      我看过你的文章,我很受启发。
      wǒ kàn guò nǐ de wén zhāng , wǒ hěn shòu qǐ fā .
      I have read your article and was very inspired by it.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. 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
    启发
    啟發
    qǐ fā
    • to inspire; to enlighten
  2. Mandarin
    受某人的启发
    受某人的啟發
    shòu mǒu rén de qǐ fā
    • to be inspired by someone