# 启发 (qǐfā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 启发 (qǐfā) means “to inspire; to enlighten”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to inspire; to enlighten
- Pinyin: qǐfā (qi3 fa1)
- Traditional: 啟發
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 老师的话给了我很大的启发。
  Lǎoshī de huà gěi le wǒ hěn dà de qǐfā.
  What the teacher said inspired me greatly.

## Characters

- 启 (qǐ): to open; to start
- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue

https://hanziro.com/word/qi-fa-inspire/

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