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

縣 kāi xiàn Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
罪 kāi zuì to offend sb; to give offense; to displease
罰單 kāi fá dān to issue an infringement notice
羅 kāi luó Cairo, capital of Egypt
羅大學 kāi luó dà xué Cairo University
胃 kāi wèi to whet the appetite; appetizing; to amuse oneself at sb's expense; to tease
胃菜 kāi wèi cài starter; appetizer
胃酒 kāi wèi jiǔ aperitif wine
脫 kāi tuō to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate
脫罪責 kāi tuō zuì zé to absolve sb from guilt; to exonerate; to exculpate
腔 kāi qiāng to speak out; to start speaking
腦洞 kāi nǎo dòng to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
膛手傑克 kāi táng shǒu jié kè Jack the Ripper
膠 kāi jiāo to come unglued; to come apart
臉 kāi liǎn (of a bride-to-be) to remove facial hair and trim hairline (old); to carve a face
臺 kāi tái start of play; opening of theatrical performance
臺鑼鼓 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong; gong strokes announcing start of opera performance
船 kāi chuán to set sail
花 kāi huā to bloom; to blossom; to flower; fig. to burst open; to feel happy or elated; new development grows out
花兒 kāi huā r erhua variant of 開花|开花[kai1 hua1]
花衣 kāi huā yī to open a bale of cotton
苞 kāi bāo to deflower
荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture)
葷 kāi hūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet; (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
蒙 kāi méng (old) (of a child) to begin schooling