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启航

qǐ háng

2-character word Traditional 啟航

What 启航 means

1. (of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off

The characters in 启航

• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate
• 航hángboat; ship; craft

Example sentences

• 一艘巨大的液货船刚刚启航。
  A huge tanker cast off just now.

Sounds the same

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

• 起航(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off