啟航

Chinese

		to open; to start	boat; ship; vessel boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail
trad. (啟航/啓航)		啟/啓	航
simp. (启航)		启	航
alternative forms		起航 proscribed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai² hong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khé-hâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐháng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-hang²
    • Yale: chǐ-háng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiharng
    • Palladius: цихан (cixan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai² hong⁴
    • Yale: kái hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai² hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei² hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³⁵ hɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khé-hâng
    • Tâi-lô: khé-hâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefhaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ haŋ²³/

Verb

啟航

1. (of a ship) to set sail; (of a plane) to take off