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CHINESE CHARACTER
qǐ
启
启
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open; start; enlighten
- Numbered pinyin
- qi3
- English meanings
- to open; to start; to enlighten; to inform
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seven
beg
enterprise; hope
it
cold; sad
device; instrument
strange; wonderful
contract; agree
wife
how can; how could
rugged; uneven
abandon; discard
relative; sorrow
flag; banner
measure word (events)
perch; dwell
chess
deceive
fork; difference
air
air
steam
to steep (tea)
weep
paint
lay bricks; build
pray; beseech
aspect marker
up to; so far
sit
neat; even; together
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Related words
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- 开启
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