Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
启动
qǐdòng
Description
“启动”的意思是让机器、程序或者一个计划开始工作。
"启动" means to make a machine, program, or plan start working.
我们常常说启动电脑、启动汽车，或者启动一个新项目。
We often say 启动 a computer, 启动 a car, or 启动 a new project.
Meanings
启动qǐdòng
to start (a machine, device, or engine)
请按这个按钮启动机器。
Please press this button to start the machine.
启动qǐdòng
to launch or initiate (a plan or project)
公司下个月启动新计划。
The company will launch a new plan next month.
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Notes
- Etymology
启 means to open/begin, 动 means to move — together "set into motion".
- Nuance
more formal/technical than 开始; used for machines, systems, and official plans.
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