啟發

See also: 启发

Chinese

		to open; to start	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (啟發/啓發)		啟/啓	發
simp. (启发)		启	发

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai² faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khí-fat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khé-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐfa
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-fa¹
    • Yale: chǐ-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiifa
    • Palladius: цифа (cifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai² faat³
    • Yale: kái faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai² faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei² fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³⁵ faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí-fat
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki` fad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki³ fad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi³¹ fat̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khé-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: khé-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huat̚³²/

Verb

啟發

1. to enlighten; to inspire; to stimulate; to arouse

Synonyms

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• 啟導／启导 (qǐdǎo) (literary)
• 啟示／启示 (qǐshì)
• 啟迪／启迪 (qǐdí) (formal)
• 開導／开导 (kāidǎo)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)

 

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