启 发

qǐfā

verbnounHSK 5

“To enlighten” in Chinese is 启发 (qǐfā).

Meaning

to enlighten
to explain (a text etc)
to stimulate (a mental attitude)

Show 3 more meanings

enlightenment
revelation
motivation

Example

他们的评论很有启发性。

Their comments were illuminating.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qǐHSK 57 strokesQi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)fāHSK 25 strokesto send out

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