启动

啟動
qǐ dòng
switch on, start
verb

Example Sentences

请启动电脑。
qǐng qǐdòng diànnǎo 。
Please switch on the computer.
他每天早上六点启动他的汽车。
tā měitiān zǎoshàng liù diǎn qǐdòng tāde qìchē 。
He starts his car every morning at six o'clock.
项目将在下周启动。
xiàngmù jiāng zài xiàzhōu qǐdòng 。
The project will start next week.

Individual Characters

启qǐ
to open, to start, to initiate
动dòng
move

Words with similar meanings

开启kāiqǐ
to open/start
This term is often used in a more technical or formal context than '启动'.
发动fādòng
to start (a vehicle)
'发动' is specifically used for starting vehicles or machinery.

Words Starting With 启

启发qǐ fā
to enlighten; to explain and arouse interest; to inspire; inspiration; heuristic (attributively); to teach
启事qǐ shì
"announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice"
启示qǐ shì
enlightenment; revelation; apocalypse
启程qǐ chéng
to set out on a journey

Words Ending With 动

运动yùn dòng
movement; campaign
主动zhǔ dòng
to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
感动gǎn dòng
to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
活动huó dòng
"to exercise; to move about; to operate; activity; loose; shaky; active; movable; maneuver; to use connections
激动jī dòng
to excite; to agitate; exciting

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