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开
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(Bushou)		 廾
Strokes 3
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Strokes 4
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一 + 廾
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Mandarin kāi
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开 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
Results beginning with 开
开始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4]
开发 kāi fā to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop
开展 kāi zhǎn to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
开放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
开心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
开通 kāi tong open-minded
开通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service)
开口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk
开关 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
开启 kāi qǐ to open / to start / (computing) to enable
开拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
开车 kāi chē to drive a car
开机 kāi jī to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
开设 kāi shè to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
开业 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
开幕 kāi mù to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
开门 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
开店 kāi diàn to open shop
开工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
开创 kāi chuàng to initiate / to start / to found
开头 kāi tóu beginning / to start
开会 kāi huì to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
开辟 kāi pì to open up / to set up / to establish
开朗 kāi lǎng spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
开本 kāi běn book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° / etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2liu4-kai1] is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开[kai1])
开支 kāi zhī expenditures / expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
开盘 kāi pán to commence trading (stock market)
开户 kāi hù to open an account (bank etc)
开学 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
开办 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
开张 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day
开花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish
开采 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
开奖 kāi jiǎng to announce the winners in a lottery
开阔 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up
开封 Kāi fēng to open (sth that has been sealed)
开除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
开水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water
开到 kāi dào open till...
开枪 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun
开战 kāi zhàn to start a war / to make war / to battle against
开场 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
开眼 kāi yǎn to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons
开庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session
开局 kāi jú opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
开课 kāi kè school begins / give a course / teach a subject
开源 kāi yuán to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1fang4 yuan2ma3])
开销 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
开拍 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market)
开往 kāi wǎng (of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
开赛 kāi sài to start a match / the kick-off
开端 kāi duān start / beginning
开怀 kāi huái to one's heart's content / without restraint
开具 kāi jù to draw up (a document)
开锁 kāi suǒ to unlock
开动 kāi dòng to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
开刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack
开外 kāi wài over and above (some amount) / beyond (budget)
开火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking)
开征 kāi zhēng to start collecting taxes
开路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
开山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery
开打 kāi dǎ (of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
开价 kāi jià to quote a price / seller's first offer
开立 kāi lì to set up / to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
开导 kāi dǎo to talk sb round / to straighten sth out / to enlighten
开国 kāi guó to found a state / to open a closed country
开明 kāi míng enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
开裂 kāi liè to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open)
开荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture)
开篇 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
开走 kāi zǒu to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off
开票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
开罗 Kāi luó Cairo, capital of Egypt
开满 kāi mǎn to bloom abundantly
开灯 kāi dēng to turn on the light
开挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging
开垦 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
开市 kāi shì (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading / to make the first transaction of the day
开道 kāi dào to clear the way
开讲 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story
开胃 kāi wèi to whet the appetite / appetizing / to amuse oneself at sb's expense / to tease
开炮 kāi pào to open fire
开化 kāi huà to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw
开溜 kāi liū to leave in stealth / to slip away
开饭 kāi fàn to serve a meal
开春 kāi chūn beginning of spring / the lunar New Year
开脱 kāi tuō to exculpate / to absolve / to exonerate
开窍 kāi qiào to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns
开凿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
开单 kāi dān to bill / to open a tab
开锣 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance
开球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf)
开卷 kāi juàn to open a book / open-book (exam)
开光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
开架 kāi jià open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
开赴 kāi fù (of troops) to depart for / to head for
开间 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house &ndash / about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay
开示 kāi shì to instruct (novices) / to preach / to teach / to reveal
开涮 kāi shuàn (coll.) to make fun of (sb) / to play tricks on
开演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin
开恩 kāi ēn to give a favor (used of Christian God)
开方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
开船 kāi chuán to set sail
开罪 kāi zuì to offend sb / to give offense / to displease
开城 Kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
开屏 kāi píng (a peacock) spreads its tail
开掘 kāi jué to dig / to excavate / (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings
开悟 kāi wù to become enlightened (Buddhism)
开腔 kāi qiāng to speak out / to start speaking
开矿 kāi kuàng to mine / to open a seam
开禁 kāi jìn to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
开拔 kāi bá to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition)
开列 kāi liè to make (a list) / to list
开线 kāi xiàn to come unsewn / to split at the seam
开苞 kāi bāo to deflower
开锅 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy
开荤 kāi hūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
开颜 kāi yán to smile / to beam
开河 kāi hé to open a river / to dig a canal / to thaw (of river)
开释 kāi shì to release (a prisoner)
开斋 kāi zhāi to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast
开仗 kāi zhàng to start a war / to open hostilities
开合 kāi hé to open and close
开败 kāi bài to wither and fall
开笔 kāi bǐ to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
开播 kāi bō (agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program)
开埠 kāi bù to open up a port for trade / to open treaty ports
开步 kāi bù to step forward / to walk
开衩 kāi chà slit (in clothing)
开敞 kāi chǎng wide open
开畅 kāi chàng happy and carefree
开诚 kāi chéng to be honest / to show sincerity
开吃 kāi chī to start eating
开初 kāi chū at the outset / at first / early
开地 kāi dì to clear land (for cultivation) / to open up land
开吊 kāi diào to hold memorial service / to hold a funeral
开冻 kāi dòng to thaw / to melt
开房 kāi fáng see 開房間|开房间[kai1 fang2 jian1]
开福 Kāi fú Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan
开服 kāi fú to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc)
开杆 kāi gǎn to tee off (golf) / to break (snooker)
开杆 kāi gān (of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start / to kick off
开革 kāi gé to fire / to discharge
开挂 kāi guà to cheat in an online game (abbr. for 開外掛|开外挂[kai1 wai4 gua4]) / (coll.) unbelievably good
开盒 kāi hé (slang) to dox
开壶 kāi hú pot of boiling water
开伙 kāi huǒ to start providing food / to open today's service in a canteen
开集 kāi jí open set (math.)
开霁 kāi jì to clear up (of weather)
Approximate Results for 开
打开 dǎ kāi to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on
离开 lí kāi to depart / to leave
公开 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release
召开 zhào kāi to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together
展开 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out
分开 fēn kāi to separate / to part
拉开 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase
放开 fàng kāi to let go / to release
推开 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline
睁开 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes)
避开 bì kāi to avoid / to evade / to keep away from
揭开 jiē kāi to uncover / to open
花开 huā kāi bloom
解开 jiě kāi to untie / to undo / to solve (a mystery)
张开 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend
松开 sōng kāi to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose
盛开 shèng kāi blooming / in full flower
敞开 chǎng kāi to open wide / unrestrictedly
走开 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside
南开 Nán kāi Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
翻开 fān kāi to open up
抛开 pāo kāi to throw out / to get rid of
躲开 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
大开 dà kāi to open wide
掀开 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open
散开 sàn kāi to separate / to disperse
移开 yí kāi to move away
拆开 chāi kāi to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick
甩开 shuǎi kāi to shake off / to get rid of
拨开 bō kāi to push aside / to part / to brush away
摊开 tān kāi to spread out / to unfold
断开 duàn kāi to break / to sever / to turn off (electric switch)
隔开 gé kāi to separate
让开 ràng kāi to get out of the way / to step aside
裂开 liè kāi to split open
闪开 shǎn kāi to get out of the way
撇开 piē kāi to disregard / to leave aside
再开 zài kāi to reopen / to start again
传开 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around
绽开 zhàn kāi to burst forth
滚开 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude)
重开 chóng kāi to reopen
烧开 shāo kāi to boil
劈开 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)
对开 duì kāi running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
岔开 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject)
撬开 qiào kāi to pry open / to lever open
敲开 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~
错开 cuò kāi to stagger (times)
掰开 bāi kāi to pull apart / to pry open with the hands
挪开 nuó kāi to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)
伸开 shēn kāi to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
双开 shuāng kāi to strip sb of their Party membership and government job (開除黨籍，開除公職|开除党籍，开除公职)
丢开 diū kāi to cast or put aside / to forget for a while
扒开 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands
看开 kàn kāi to come to accept an unpleasant fact / to get over sth / to cheer up
洞开 dòng kāi to be wide open
拧开 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
撩开 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside
脱开 tuō kāi to withdraw
除开 chú kāi besides / except / to get rid of (sb) / (math.) to divide
支开 zhī kāi to send (sb) away / to change the subject / to open (an umbrella etc)
挖开 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into
小开 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master
八开 bā kāi octavo
锯开 jù kāi to saw
擘开 bò kāi to break open
撑开 chēng kāi to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open
倒开 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards
封开 Fēng kāi Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
化开 huà kāi to spread out after being diluted or melted / to dissolve into a liquid
溅开 jiàn kāi splash
另开 lìng kāi to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path)
破开 pò kāi to split / to cut open
起开 qǐ kai (dialect) to step aside / Get out of the way!
疏开 shū kāi to disperse
想开 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
引开 yǐn kāi to lure away / to divert
煮开 zhǔ kāi to boil (food)
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离不开 lí bu kāi inseparable / inevitably linked to
公开赛 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open")
白开水 bái kāi shuǐ plain boiled water
公开信 gōng kāi xìn open letter
李开复 Lǐ Kāi fù Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
想不开 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
公开化 gōng kāi huà to make public / to bring into the open
公开性 gōng kāi xìng openness
寻开心 xún kāi xīn to make fun of / to seek diversion
吃得开 chī de kāi to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand
想得开 xiǎng de kāi to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
杨开慧 Yáng Kāi huì Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
三七开 sān qī kāi ratio seventy to thirty / thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
吃不开 chī bu kāi be unpopular / won't work
偷开车  joyriding
行开始  line begins
离开点  point of exit / port of exit
半公开 bàn gōng kāi semiovert / more or less open
半开化 bàn kāi huà semicivilized
半开门 bàn kāi mén half-open door / fig. prostitute
比斯开 bǐ sī kāi Bizkaia or Vizcaya, Spain
不开窍 bù kāi qiào unable to understand / can't get the point
敞开儿 chǎng kāi r unrestrictedly
大开斋 Dà kāi zhāi see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1zhai1jie2]
封开县 Fēng kāi xiàn Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
乐开花 lè kāi huā to burst with joy
磨不开 mò bù kāi to feel embarrassed
磨得开 mó de kāi unembarrassed / without fear of impairing personal relation
磨得开 mò de kāi to feel unembarrassed / to be at ease / (dialect) to be convinced / to come round
南开区 Nán kāi qū Nankai, a district of Tianjin 天津市[Tian1jin1 Shi4]
若开邦 ruò kāi bāng Rakhine State
双开门 shuāng kāi mén double door
夜开花 yè kāi huā bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1])
易开罐 yì kāi guàn (Tw) pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull)
择不开 zhái bu kāi impossible to separate / impossible to disentangle / cannot take time out
展开图 zhǎn kāi tú expanded view
总开关 zǒng kāi guān main switch
改革开放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
产品开发  product development
南开大学 Nán kāi Dà xué Nankai University (Tianjin)
召开会议 zhào kāi huì yì to call a conference / to convene a meeting
豁然开朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom) / to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment
不可开交 bù kě kāi jiāo to be awfully (busy etc)
从零开始 cóng líng kāi shǐ to start from scratch
异想天开 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy
眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) / beaming with joy / all smiles
别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground
遍地开花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale
继往开来 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé to speak without thinking (idiom) / to blurt sth out
笑逐颜开 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
网开一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
茅塞顿开 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
左右开弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football)
旗开得胜 qí kāi dé shèng lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom) / fig. to start on sth and have immediate success / success in a single move
皮开肉绽 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
揭不开锅 jiē bù kāi guō to be unable to afford food
铁树开花 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom) / a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
鸣锣开道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth
半开门儿 bàn kāi mén r erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2]
广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
见钱眼开 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing
免开尊口 miǎn kāi zūn kǒu keep your thoughts to yourself
情窦初开 qíng dòu chū kāi first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
树上开花 shù shàng kāi huā to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
网开三面 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
信口开合 xìn kǒu kāi hé variant of 信口開河|信口开河[xin4 kou3 kai1 he2]
未开发地  greenfield site
世界开发  World development
公开会议  open meeting
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