HSK 6 · Education

启蒙 qǐméng “to enlighten” in Chinese

Traditional 啟蒙

What 启蒙 means

  1. to enlighten
  2. to teach basics
  3. enlightenment
  4. to instruct the young
  5. to initiate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to awake sb from ignorance
  • to free sb from prejudice or superstition
  • primer
  • enlightened

How to say 启蒙

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale启qǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale蒙méng2nd tone, rising

启蒙 in a sentence

  1. 我的启蒙老师是我的妈妈。

    Wǒ de qǐméng lǎoshī shì wǒ de māma.

    My first teacher was my mum.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书是很多孩子的科学启蒙读物。

    Zhè běn shū shì hěn duō háizi de kēxué qǐméng dúwù.

    This book is many children’s first introduction to science.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 启蒙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 启 (qǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
启qǐto open
  • 户door · hù
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 蒙 (méng) with each of its parts in a different colour
蒙méngsincere; honest; genuine
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 冡part of the characterSound part

How to write 启蒙

启 7 strokes · 蒙 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

启蒙 (qǐméng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 启蒙 (qǐméng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 启蒙

Words with 启

启发qǐfā · to inspire启事qǐshì · notice启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)启示qǐshì · inspiration

More words: Education & Learning

课题kètí · research topic旷课kuàngkè · to skip class母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue撇piě · left-falling stroke (丿)示范shìfàn · to demonstrate师范shīfàn · teacher training文凭wénpíng · diploma文献wénxiàn · literature

FAQs

启蒙 (qǐméng) means “to enlighten” or “to teach basics”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐméng: qǐ with a 3rd tone, then méng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 启蒙 is written 啟蒙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qimeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 启蒙 from the suggestions. Typing qimeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
启蒙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.