Dictionary › 启动

启动

qǐ dòng

2-character word Traditional 啟動

What 启动 means

1. to start (a machine)
2. (fig.) to set in motion
3. to launch (an operation)
4. to activate (a plan)

The characters in 启动

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 把电脑重新启动
  Bǎ diànnǎo chóngxīnqǐdòng
  Reboot the computer.
• John启动了车。
  John qǐdòng le chē.
  John started the car.
• 重新启动你的电脑。
  Restart your computer.
• 你试过重新启动它吗？
  Nǐ shì guòzhòng xīn qǐdòng tā ma?
  Have you tried rebooting it?
• 你需要重新启动电脑。
  You need to reboot your computer.
• 您需要重新启动电脑。
  You need to reboot your computer.

Words starting with 启动

• 启动区qǐ dòng qūboot sector (computing)
• 启动子qǐ dòng zipromoter

Words containing 启动

• 冷启动lěng qǐ dòngto cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc)
• 重新启动chóng xīn qǐ dòngto reboot; to restart

Sounds the same

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

• 起动to start up (a motor); to launch (a computer application)