启航 meaning in English

qǐháng

(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off

Traditional 啟航17 strokes

Meaning of 启航

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qǐháng
  1. (of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off

启航 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

一yī艘sōu巨jù大dà的de液yè货huò船chuán刚gāng刚gāng启qǐ航háng。
A huge tanker cast off just now.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

启 qǐ · to open · 7 strokes

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航 háng · vessel · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 启航.

航班hángbān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
航空hángkōngaviation
启动qǐdòngto start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion
启发qǐfāto enlighten; to explain (a text etc)
启事qǐshìannouncement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information
宇航员yǔhángyuánastronaut
开启kāiqǐto start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a f
航行hángxíngto sail; to fly
启示qǐshìto reveal; to enlighten
导航dǎoháng(lit. and fig.) to navigate
航海hánghǎito sail the seas; maritime navigation
航天hángtiānspace flight

Questions about 启航

What does 启航 mean?

启航 (qǐháng) means "(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off".

How do you write 启航?

启航 is made of 2 characters: 启 (7 strokes), 航 (10 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

How is 启航 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 启航 is written 啟航.