kāi

open; initiate, begin, start

DEFINITIONS

開 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

WORDS

普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa)
晴 kāi qíng to brighten up
暢 kāi chàng happy and carefree
曠 kāi kuàng open and vast
曼群島 kāi màn qún dǎo Cayman Islands
會 kāi huì to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
會祈禱 kāi huì qí dǎo invocation
服 kāi fú to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc)
朗 kāi lǎng spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree
本 kāi běn book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2 liu4 kai1] is roughly A4); abbr. to 開|开[kai1]
架 kāi jià open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
桿 kāi gǎn to tee off (golf); to break (snooker)
業 kāi yè to open a business; to open a practice; open (for business)
業大吉 kāi yè dà jí celebration on opening a business
槍 kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun
機 kāi jī to start an engine; to boot up (a computer); to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete; to begin shooting a film or TV show
步 kāi bù to step forward; to walk
水 kāi shuǐ boiled water; boiling water
水壺 kāi shuǐ hú kettle
江 kāi jiāng Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
江縣 kāi jiāng xiàn Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Da2 zhou1], Sichuan
河 kāi hé to open a river; to dig a canal; to thaw (of river)
河期 kāi hé qī thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
消 kāi xiāo variant of 開銷|开销[kai1 xiao1]
涮 kāi shuàn (coll.) to make fun of (sb); to play tricks on