起航

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	boat; ship; vessel boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail
trad. (起航)		起	航
simp. #(起航)		起	航

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² hong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-hâng

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• 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: hei² hong⁴
    • Yale: héi hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ hɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hâng
    • Tâi-lô: khí-hâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'haang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ haŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ haŋ¹³/

Verb

起航

1. (of a ship) Alternative form of 啟航 / 启航 (qǐháng, “to set sail; (of a plane) to take off”)