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启发

qǐ fā

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 啟發

启发 (qǐ fā) means "to enlighten, inspire". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 启发 means

1. to enlighten
2. to explain (a text etc)
3. to stimulate (a mental attitude)
4. enlightenment
5. revelation
6. motivation

The characters in 启发

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 他们的评论很有启发性。
  Their comments were illuminating.
• 我们对史密斯先生杰出的，给人启发的讲话表示感激。
  Wǒmen duì Shǐmìsī xiānsheng jiéchū de, gěi rén qǐfā de jiǎnghuà biǎoshì gǎnjī.
  We express our gratitude for Mr Smith's outstanding, challenging speech.
• 同时，平台上也将上架多款经典家庭娱乐作品，包括以创造与探索为主题的模拟游戏系列，以及为年幼玩家设计的启发性作品合集。
  At the same time, the platform will also add several classic family-friendly entertainment releases — simulation series focused on creativity and exploration and collections of educational titles designed for younger players.
• 教导学生，不到他想了解而不得其解的时候，不去开导他；不到他想表达意见却说不出来的时候，不去启发他。教给他一个方面的东西，他却不能由此而推知其它三个方面的东西，那就不再教他了。
  When teaching a student, do not enlighten him until he wishes to understand what he could not. Do not inspire him until he wishes to express but could not. When teaching him one side of a solution, if he could not discover the other three sides, then do not teach him again.

Words starting with 启发

• 启发式qǐ fā shìheuristic
• 启发法qǐ fā fǎheuristic method; heuristics

Where 启发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Businesses, Miracles & Enlightenment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ fā correctly.
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