启动 Traditional form: 啟動 Pinyin (reading): qǐdòng Definitions: to start (a machine) (fig.) to set in motion to launch (an operation) to activate (a plan) Characters: 启 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain 动 - to move, to happen; movement, action Traditional characters: 啟 - to open; to begin, to commence; to explain 動 - to move, to happen; movement, action