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启事

qǐ shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 啟事

启事 (qǐ shì) means "announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 启事 means

1. announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)
2. to post information
3. a notice

The characters in 启事

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Sounds the same

Read qǐ shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 启示to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment
• 起誓to vow; to swear an oath
• 起士(Taiwan; loanword) cheese
• 绮室magnificent room

Where 启事 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qǐ–qí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ shì correctly.
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