开机 (開機)
kāi jī
Pinyin

Definition

开机 (開機)
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kāi jī
  1. to start an engine
  2. to boot up (a computer)
  3. to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete
  4. to begin shooting a film or TV show

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

手机
shǒu jī
  1. 1 cell phone
  2. 2 mobile phone
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 支 zhī
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
机场
jī chǎng
  1. 1 airport
  2. 2 airfield
  3. 3 classifier: 家 jiā
  4. 4 classifier: 处 chù
机会
jī huì
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 chance
  3. 3 occasion
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
机遇
jī yù
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 favorable circumstance
  3. 3 stroke of luck

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我的手机昨天晚上开始无法开机。
wǒ de shǒujī zuótiān wǎnshang kāishǐ wúfǎ kāijī 。
I haven't been able to turn on my phone since last night.
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我出国一个星期，回来以后就发现手机不能开机了。
wǒ chūguó yī ge xīngqī ，huílai yǐhòu jiù fāxiàn shǒujī bùnéng kāijī le 。
I left the country for a week and when I got back I discovered I couldn't turn on my phone.
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是什么时候发现不能开机的？
shì shénme shíhou fāxiàn bùnéng kāijī de ？
When did you discover that you couldn't turn your phone on?
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这支手机没坏，只是没电，你回去充电三十分钟后就能开机了。
zhè zhī shǒujī méi huài ，zhǐshì méidiàn ，nǐ huíqu chōngdiàn sānshí fēnzhōng hòu jiù néng kāijī le 。
This phone isn't broken, it's just out of battery. Go home and after charging it for 30 minutes, it should switch on.
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店员说应该可以，因为我一捞起来就用卫生纸包着吸水，也没有开机。
diànyuán shuō yīnggāi kěyǐ ，yīnwèi wǒ yì lāo qǐlái jiù yòng wèishēngzhǐ bāo zhe xī shuǐ ，yěméiyǒu kāijī 。
The store assistant said that they should be able to, because I wrapped it in toilet paper to absorb all the water as soon as I scooped it out and I didn't turn it back on.
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小姐，昨天我在你这里买的手机，今天早上就不能开机了。
xiǎojie ，zuótiān wǒ zài nǐ zhèlǐ mǎi de shǒujī ，jīntiān zǎoshang jiù bùnéng kāijī le 。
Miss, I bought this cell phone here yesterday, and then since this morning I can't get it to turn on.
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