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See also: 起动

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (起動)		起	動
simp. (起动)		起	动

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² dung⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): kī-dâe̤ng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-tāng / khí-tǎng / khí-tōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐdòng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tung⁴
  - Yale: chǐ-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiidonq
  - Palladius: цидун (cidun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    起動／起动
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² dung⁶
  - Yale: héi duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ tʊŋ²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-dâe̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)lɔyŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-tāng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'dang
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-tǎng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tǎng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ taŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'dong
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/

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起動

to start (a machine, an engine etc.), to switch on
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to use; to utilize; to employ; to apply

In Quanzhou Hokkien, the word is also used for people.

使出 (shǐchū)
使用 (shǐyòng)
利用 (lìyòng)
動用／动用 (dòngyòng)
取用 (qǔyòng)
吸納／吸纳 (xīnà)
善用 (shànyòng) (to put to good use)
套用 (tàoyòng) (to apply mechanically)
實用／实用 (shíyòng)
應用／应用 (yìngyòng)
採用／采用 (cǎiyòng)
採納／采纳 (cǎinà)
搬 (bān) (to apply mechanically)
搬動／搬动 (bāndòng)
施用 (shīyòng)
沿用 (yányòng) (to continue to use)
用 (yòng)
硬套 (yìngtào) (to apply mechanically)
運用／运用 (yùnyòng)
錄用／录用 (lùyòng)
須／须 (xū) (literary)

起動

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) easily; frequently

動輒／动辄 (dòngzhé)

起動 (Eastern Min)

thank you; thanks for your trouble
excuse me; please; May I trouble you?

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Xingning	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承蒙, 恁仔細
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝, 多謝, 承蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhao'an	多謝, 感謝
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力, 多謝, 阿里加多
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力, 謝謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力, 多謝
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

Kanji in this term
起	動
き Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

(Tokyo) きどー [kìdóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲido̞ː]

起(き)動(どう) • (kidō)

the act of starting up a machine, especially a computer

再起動(さいきどう) (saikidō): restart; reboot

起(き)動(どう)する • (kidō suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 起(き)動(どう)し (kidō shi), past 起(き)動(どう)した (kidō shita))

to start

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	起動し	きどうし	kidō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	起動し	きどうし	kidō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	起動する	きどうする	kidō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	起動する	きどうする	kidō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	起動すれ	きどうすれ	kidō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	起動せよ¹ 起動しろ²	きどうせよ¹ きどうしろ²	kidō seyo¹ kidō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	起動される	きどうされる	kidō sareru
Causative	起動させる起動さす	きどうさせるきどうさす	kidō saseru kidō sasu
Potential	起動できる	きどうできる	kidō dekiru
Volitional	起動しよう	きどうしよう	kidō shiyō
Negative	起動しない	きどうしない	kidō shinai
Negative continuative	起動せず	きどうせず	kidō sezu
Formal	起動します	きどうします	kidō shimasu
Perfective	起動した	きどうした	kidō shita
Conjunctive	起動して	きどうして	kidō shite
Hypothetical conditional	起動すれば	きどうすれば	kidō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN