启 (啟) qǐ

1. qǐ verb to open
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '启' 1; CC-CEDICT '啟'; FE '啟' 1; Guoyu '啟' v 1; Kroll 2015 '啟' 1, p. 356; Unihan '啟')
2. qǐ verb to open; to begin /to commence; to explain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 啔 is an archaic variant of variant of 启
3. qǐ verb to begin; to commence; to start
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '启' 3; CC-CEDICT '啟'; FE '啟' 2; Guoyu '啟' v 3; Kroll 2015 '啟' 3, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '啟', p. 71; Unihan '啟')
4. qǐ verb to explain; to teach
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '启' 2; CC-CEDICT '啟'; FE '啟' 3; Guoyu '啟' v 2; Kroll 2015 '啟' 3, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '啟', p. 71)
5. qǐ verb to state; to inform
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '启' 4; CC-CEDICT '啟'; FE '啟' 4; Guoyu '啟' v 4)
6. qǐ noun a letter; a letter to a superior
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '启' 5; FE '啟' 5; Guoyu '啟' n 1; Kroll 2015 '啟' 4, p. 357)
7. qǐ proper noun Qi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (CCD '启' 6; CC-CEDICT '啟'; Guoyu '啟' n 3)
8. qǐ noun a two week period at the start of spring and fall
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '啟' 2a, p. 357)
9. qǐ noun a thank you letter
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '啟' 4a, p. 357)
10. qǐ verb to squat [with bent knees]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '啟' 5, p. 357)
11. qǐ noun [army formation] left flank
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '啟' 6, p. 357)
12. qǐ noun to establish; to develop [land]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '啟' v 5)

Contained in

• 启示者(啟示者) revelator
• 启行(啟行) to start a journey
• 启动子(啟動子) promoter
• 天启(天啟) for the sky to open ; to receive from Heaven ; Tianqi
• 启者(啟者) opening phrase in a letter
• 启迪(啟迪) to inspire; to enlighten
• 谨启(謹啟) respectfully yours (in letters)
• 启发式(啟發式) heuristic
• 警告启事(警告啟事) a warning notice
• 启足(啟足) to set out on a journey
• 启动(啟動) to start
• 承先启后(承先啟後) to follow the past and herald the future; part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
• 启知(啟知) to tell; to inform
• 殷忧启圣(殷憂啟聖) deep suffering can lead to enlightenment; storms make oaks take deeper root
• 启用(啟用) to start using; to enable ; to select for use
• 启示录(啟示錄) the Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse
• 附启(附啟) a postscript
• 启户(啟戶) to open a door
• 启迪后人(啟迪後人) to pass down to later generations
• 启明星(啟明星) Venus
• 不愤不启(不憤不啟) a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself
• 启明(啟明) Venus ; daybreak ; school for the blind
• 启口(啟口) to start to speak; to raise a subject
• 启蛰(啟蟄) Waking from Hibernation
• 启齿(啟齒) to bring up a subject; to start talking ; to smile
• 征求启事(徵求啟事) a notice to for people to register
• 启颜(啟顏) to be happy; to smile
• 茲启者(茲啟者) to begin with
• 敬启(敬啟) respectful closing to a letter
• 启封(啟封) to unseal ; to divide land amongst the feudal lords
• 启初(啟初) at the start
• 启土(啟土) to develop land ; to divide territory [amongst the feudal lords] ; to dig a tomb
• 启发(啟發) to enlighten; to inspire ; to expound
• 启奏(啟奏) to submit a report to the emperor
• 开启(開啟) to open
• 敬启者(敬啟者) Dear Sirs; To Whom It May Concern
• 羞于启齿(羞於啟齒) to be too shy to speak one's mind
• 难以启齿(難以啟齒) to be too embarrassed to mention sth; to find it hard to speak about sth
• 启程(啟程) to set out on a journey
• 启事(啟事) a notice; an announcement

Also contained in

梁启超 、 启蒙主义 、 光启 、 刘启 、 启发式评估 、 启东市 、 启德机场 、 高启 、 重启 、 徐光启 、 启发式评价

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Collocations

• 䓕启 (薳啟) 楚子使薳啟彊如齊聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 启彊 (啟彊) 楚子使薳啟彊如齊聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 启会 (啟會) 賛啟會 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 9
• 微子启 (微子啟) 微子啟如是 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 食启 (食啟) 命佐食启会 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士虞禮 第十四 14. Post burial rites for a common officer — count: 5
• 启期 (啟期) 请启期 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 既夕禮 第十三 13. (Mourning procedures of) the evening preceding burial — count: 4
• 不遑启 (不遑啟) 不遑啟居 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧采薇 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Cai Wei — count: 3
• 启予 (啟予) 啟予足 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 8. 《泰伯》 Tai Bo — count: 3
• 帝启 (帝啟) 是為夏后帝啟 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《夏本紀》 Annals of Xia — count: 3
• 启门 (啟門) 偪陽人啟門 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3