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

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

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