启动(qǐ dòng): to start (a machine)
to start (a machine)
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 启动 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我重新启动了汽车，直奔家中。
wǒ chóng xīn qǐ dòng le qì chē zhí bèn jiā zhōng
I started the car again, and we drove home.
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