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

微扰展 wēi rǎo zhǎn kāi perturbative expansion (physics)
心胸阔 xīn xiōng kāi kuò broad-minded; open-minded
情窦初 qíng dòu chū kāi first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
天窗说亮话 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
话匣子 dǎ kāi huà xiá zi to start talking
票所 tóu kāi piào suǒ polling station; CL:處|处[chu4]
序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain; to be a curtain raiser for
架势 lā kāi jià shi to assume a fighting stance; (fig.) to take the offensive
wā kāi to dig into; to cut a mine into
揉碎 bāi kāi róu suì lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp; fig. to analyze minutely from every angle; to chew sth over
不谈 piē kāi bù tán to ignore an issue (idiom)
qiào kāi to pry open; to lever open
择不 zhái bu kāi impossible to separate; impossible to disentangle; cannot take time out
bò kāi to break open
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
tān kāi to spread out; to unfold
zhī kāi to send (sb) away; to change the subject; to open (an umbrella etc)
改革放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
手脚 fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo to have free rein (idiom)
儿 chǎng kāi r unrestrictedly
qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门) to open the door to ~; to gain access to ~
罐 yì kāi guàn (Tw) pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
复 lǐ kāi fù Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
慧 yáng kāi huì Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
树上花 shù shàng kāi huā to deck the tree with false blossoms; to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)