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启动

qǐ dòng · qi dong

Traditional 啟動

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to start (a machine)
  2. (fig.) to set in motion
  3. to launch (an operation)
  4. to activate (a plan)
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Slow computer

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)电脑(diànnǎo)启动(qǐdòng)得(de)好(hǎo)慢(màn)啊(a)。

    My computer starts up so slowly.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)要(yào)等(děng)多久(duōjiǔ)？

    How long do you wait every day?

  3. Liangliang

    大概(dàgài)五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)。启动(qǐdòng)的(de)时候(shíhou)，我(wǒ)就(jiù)去(qù)喝茶(hēchá)。

    About five minutes. Once it starts, I go and have tea.

  4. Dengdeng

    五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)？我(wǒ)的(de)电脑(diànnǎo)一分钟(yīfēnzhōng)就(jiù)启动(qǐdòng)了(le)。

    Five minutes? Mine starts up in one minute.

  5. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)？那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)电脑(diànnǎo)一定(yīdìng)很(hěn)新(xīn)。

    Really? Then your computer must be new.

  6. Dengdeng

    不是(bùshì)，我(wǒ)从来(cónglái)不(bù)关机(guānjī)，所以(suǒyǐ)不用(bùyòng)启动(qǐdòng)。

    No. I never turn it off, so it never needs to start up.

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2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)上(shàng)了(le)车(chē)，启(qǐ)动(dòng)了(le)发(fā)动(dòng)机(jī)。

Tom got in the car and started the engine.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

公(gōng)司(sī)下(xià)个(ge)月(yuè)将(jiāng)启(qǐ)动(dòng)一(yí)个(gè)新(xīn)的(de)环(huán)保(bǎo)项(xiàng)目(mù)。

The company will launch a new environmental project next month.

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