qǐ shì

Traditional: 啟示

HSK 7–9

启示 (qǐ shì) is a Chinese word meaning “to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment”.

Meanings

  1. 1to reveal
  2. 2to enlighten
  3. 3enlightenment
  4. 4revelation
  5. 5illumination
  6. 6moral (of a story etc)
  7. 7lesson
Part of speech
verb, noun

Characters in 启示

启qǐ · to open示shì · to show

Related words

显示to show展示to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit表示(of sb) to express; to state; to show启动to start (a machine)暗示to hint; to suggest指示to point out提示to point out开启to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)演示to demonstrate出示to show示范to demonstrate启发to enlighten

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