开动 kāidòng HSK7 to start Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 4 sentences 我们上了车,我开动了引擎。 wǒmen shàng le chē, wǒ kāidòng le yǐnqíng. We got in the car and I started the engine. Source: CCMatrix他开动了机器。 tā kāidòng le jīqì. He started the machine. Source: CCMatrix不要开动引擎。 bùyào kāidòng yǐnqíng. Don't start the engine. Source: CCMatrix爸爸什么也没有说,开动了车子。 bàba shénme yě méiyǒu shuō, kāidòng le chēzi. Dad said nothing and started the car. Source: CCMatrix