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啟動

啟動

See also: 启动

Chinese

		to open; to start	to use; to act; to move to use; to act; to move; to change
trad. (啟動)		啟	動
simp. (启动)		启	动

Verb

啟動

to start (a machine), to boot (a system), to set in movement, to launch (an operation), to activate (a plan)

Derived terms

啟動費／启动费 (qǐdòngfèi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qǐdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai² dung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): khé-tōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: qǐdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiidonq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    啟動／启动
    起動／起动
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai² dung⁶
  - Yale: kái duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai² dung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³⁵ tʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khé-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: khé-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qefdong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/