kāi qǐ

Traditional: 開啟

HSK 7–9

开启 (kāi qǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature); (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)
  2. 2(computing) to enable (a feature)
  3. 3(of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate
  4. 4to open (sth that has been sealed)
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 开启

开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)启qǐ · to open

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave开心to feel happy打开to open开枪to open fire放开to let go开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke开车to drive a car (or train etc)走开to leave; to walk away; to beat it开门(lit. and fig.) to open a door分开to separate

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