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启示

qǐ shì

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

启示 (qǐ shì) means "to reveal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 启示 means

1. to reveal
2. to enlighten
3. enlightenment
4. revelation
5. illumination
6. moral (of a story etc)
7. lesson

The characters in 启示

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 示shìto show; to reveal

Example sentences

• 在僵尸启示录的事件中你会怎么做？
  Zài jiāngshī Qǐshìlù de shìjiàn zhōng nǐ huì zěnme zuò?
  What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse?

Words starting with 启示

• 启示录Qǐ shì lùthe Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse
• 启示者qǐ shì zhěrevelator

Sounds the same

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

• 启事announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information…
• 起誓to vow; to swear an oath
• 起士(Taiwan; loanword) cheese
• 绮室magnificent room

Where 启示 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.

Go deeper

• 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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