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

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伯尔山口 kāi bó ěr shān kǒu Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
例 kāi lì to create a precedent
元 kāi yuán Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
先 kāi xiān at first
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)
冻 kāi dòng to thaw; to melt
刃 kāi rèn to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc
列 kāi liè to make (a list); to list
初 kāi chū at the outset; at first; early
化县 kāi huà xiàn Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
区间 kāi qū jiān open interval (in calculus)
印 kāi yìn to start a print run
卷有益 kāi juàn yǒu yì lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
原 kāi yuán Kaiyuan county level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
原市 kāi yuán shì Kaiyuan county level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
原县 kāi yuán xiàn Kaiyuan county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
口子 kāi kǒu zi a dike breaks; fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds); to open the floodgates
口成脏 kāi kǒu chéng zāng (Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chu1 kou3 cheng2 zhang1])
吃 kāi chī to start eating
合 kāi hé to open and close
味 kāi wèi whet the appetite
单 kāi dān to bill; to open a tab
国元勋 kāi guó yuán xūn variant of 開國元勳|开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company, school etc; founding figure (of a country or dynasty); fig. also used of company or school etc
国功臣 kāi guó gōng chén outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
地 kāi dì to clear land (for cultivation); to open up land