| 启 | qǐ | to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform; Qi son of Yu the Great 禹, reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC) |
| 启发 | qǐ fā | to enlighten; to explain and arouse interest; to inspire; inspiration; heuristic (attributively); to teach; CL:个 |
| 启动 | qǐ dòng | to start (a machine); to set in movement; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan) |
| 启蒙 | qǐ méng | to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty; o instruct the young |
| 启示 | qǐ shì | enlightenment; revelation; apocalypse |
| 启程 | qǐ chéng | to set out on a journey |
| 启用 | qǐ yòng | start using; enable (as in 'enable a feature') |
| 启事 | qǐ shì | announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice |
| 启动作业 | qǐ dòng zuò yè | priming task |
| 启动区 | qǐ dòng qū | boot sector (computing) |
| 启动子 | qǐ dòng zi | promoter |
| 启动技术 | qǐ dòng jì shù | priming technique |
| 启奏 | qǐ zòu | to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king |
| 启德机场 | Qǐ Dé Jī chǎng | Kai Tak Airport |
| 启应祈祷 | qǐ yìng qí dǎo | Introitus (section of Catholic mass) |
| 启明 | Qǐ míng | classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn |
| 启明星 | qǐ míng xīng | (astronomy) Venus |
| 启东 | Qǐ dōng | Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu |
| 启东市 | Qǐ dōng shì | Qidong county level city in Nantong 南通, Jiangsu |
| 启发式 | qǐ fā shì | heuristic |
| 启发法 | qǐ fā fǎ | heuristic method; heuristics |
| 启蒙专制君主 | qǐ méng zhuān zhì jūn zhǔ | enlightened dictatorship |
| 启示者 | qǐ shì zhě | revelator |
| 启示录 | Qǐ shì lù | the Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse |
| 启航 | qǐ háng | (of a ship) to set sail; (of an aeroplane) to take off; also written 起航 |
| 启蒙主义 | Qǐ méng zhǔ yì | Enlightenment (philosophy) |
| 启蛰 | Qǐ zhé | Waking from Hibernation; old variant of 惊蛰, Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 6th-20th March |
| 启迪 | qǐ dí | to edify; enlightenment |
| 启齿 | qǐ chǐ | to open one's mouth; to start talking |
