Dictionary › 开启

开启

kāi qǐ

2-character word Traditional 開啟

What 开启 means

1. to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)
2. computingto enable (a feature)
3. (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate
4. to open (sth that has been sealed)

The characters in 开启

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate

Example sentences

• 开启野战手电筒不会帮助你在黑暗中看得到。
  Kāiqǐ yězhàn shǒudiàntǒng bù huì bāngzhù nǐ zài hēi'àn zhōngkàn dédào.
  Switching on a fleshlight won't help you see in the dark.
• 望远镜为我们的文明开启了一种全新的视角来观察宇宙。
  Wàngyuǎnjìng wèi wǒmen de wénmíng kāiqǐ le yī zhǒng quán xīn de shìjiǎo lái guānchá yǔzhòu.
  The telescope has opened a new eye onto the cosmos that has been transformative for our civilization.
• 我们很高兴能再次推出这款游戏，并为系列作品开启全新的阶段。
  We're delighted to bring this game back for the start of a new era for the series.
• 在九十年代，每台电脑都开始配备音效卡，真正开启了 PC 游戏的时代。
  In the nineties, every computer started coming with a sound card, which really kicked off PC gaming.