kāi

open; initiate, begin, start

DEFINITIONS

开 kāi
  • to open
  • to start
  • to turn on
  • to boil
  • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  • to operate (a vehicle)
  • carat (gold)
  • abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]
  • abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

STROKES

WORDS

化 bàn kāi huà semicivilized
半关 bàn kāi bàn guān half-open, half closed
门 bàn kāi mén half-open door; fig. prostitute
门儿 bàn kāi mén r erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2]
区 nán kāi qū Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
大学 nán kāi dà xué Nankai University (Tianjin)
lìng kāi to break up; to divide property and live apart; to start on a new (path)
会议 zhào kāi huì yì to call a conference; to convene a meeting
吾尔希 wú ěr kāi xī Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
周转不 zhōu zhuǎn bù kāi to have financial difficulties; unable to make ends meet
嘴笑 liě kāi zuǐ xiào to laugh
哪壶不提哪壶 nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's weak point
国家发银行 guó jiā kāi fā yín háng China Development Bank
花 yè kāi huā bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1])
dà kāi to open wide
斋 dà kāi zhāi see 開齋節|开斋节[Kai1 zhai1 jie2]
天安门了 tiān ān mén kāi le pants fly is down; the barn door is open
封闭性局 fēng bì xìng kāi jú Closed Game; Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess); same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局
fēng kāi Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
县 fēng kāi xiàn Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[Zhao4 qing4], Guangdong
xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son; rich man's son; young master
图 zhǎn kāi tú expansion plan; development graph
帝王切 dì wáng qiē kāi Cesarean section
广言路 guǎng kāi yán lù to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
从零始 cóng líng kāi shǐ to start from scratch