起動

See also: 起动

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (起動)		起	動
simp. (起动)		起	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² dung⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kī-dâe̤ng

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-tāng / khí-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐdòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tung⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiidonq
    • Palladius: цидун (cidun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 啟動／启动 起動／起动

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² dung⁶
    • Yale: héi duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-dâe̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɔyŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-tāng / khí-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: khí-tāng / khí-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'dang, qy'dong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²²/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ⁴¹/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²²/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/, /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/

Verb

起動

1. to start (a machine, an engine etc.), to switch on

Interjection

Template:zh-interj (Eastern Min)

1. thank you; thanks for your trouble
2. excuse me; please; May I trouble you?

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	動
き Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

起(き)動(どう) • (kidō) 

1. the act of starting up a machine, especially a computer

Derived terms

• 再起動(さいきどう) (saikidō): restart; reboot

Verb

起(き)動(どう)する • (kidō suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 起(き)動(どう)し (kidō shi), past 起(き)動(どう)した (kidō shita))

1. to start

Conjugation

Conjugation of "起動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	起動し	きどうし	kidō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	起動し	きどうし	kidō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	起動する	きどうする	kidō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	起動する	きどうする	kidō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	起動すれ	きどうすれ	kidō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	起動せよ¹ 起動しろ²	きどうせよ¹ きどうしろ²	kidō seyo¹ kidō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	起動される	きどうされる	kidō sareru
Causative	起動させる 起動さす	きどうさせる きどうさす	kidō saseru kidō sasu
Potential	起動できる	きどうできる	kidō dekiru
Volitional	起動しよう	きどうしよう	kidō shiyō
Negative	起動しない	きどうしない	kidō shinai
Negative continuative	起動せず	きどうせず	kidō sezu
Formal	起動します	きどうします	kidō shimasu
Perfective	起動した	きどうした	kidō shita
Conjunctive	起動して	きどうして	kidō shite
Hypothetical conditional	起動すれば	きどうすれば	kidō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative