开启 meaning in English

kāiqǐ

to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 開啟11 strokes

Meaning of 开启

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

开启 in example sentences

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

望wàng远yuǎn镜jìng为wèi我wǒ们men的de文wén明míng开kāi启qǐ了le一yī种zhǒng全quán新xīn的de视shì角jiǎo来lái观guān察chá宇yǔ宙zhòu。
The telescope has opened a new eye onto the cosmos that has been transformative for our civilization.
在zài九jiǔ十shí年nián代dài,每měi台tái电diàn脑nǎo都dōu开kāi始shǐ配pèi备bèi音yīn效xiào卡kǎ,真zhēn正zhèng开kāi启qǐ了le PC 游yóu戏xì的de时shí代dài。
In the nineties, every computer started coming with a sound card, which really kicked off PC gaming.
开kāi启qǐ野yě战zhàn手shǒu电diàn筒tǒng不bú会huì帮bāng助zhù你nǐ在zài黑hēi暗àn中zhōng看kàn得dé到dào。
Switching on a fleshlight won't help you see in the dark.
我wǒ们men很hěn高gāo兴xìng能néng再zài次cì推tuī出chū这zhè款kuǎn游yóu戏xì,并bìng为wèi系xì列liè作zuò品pǐn开kāi启qǐ全quán新xīn的de阶jiē段duàn。
We're delighted to bring this game back for the start of a new era for the series.

Stroke order for each character

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

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

启 qǐ · to open · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 开启.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
公开gōngkāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

Questions about 开启

What does 开启 mean?

开启 (kāiqǐ) means "to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 开启?

开启 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 启 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 开启 an HSK word?

Yes. 开启 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开启 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开启 is written 開啟.