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

車人 kāi chē rén driver; person driving a vehicle
車族 kāi chē zú motorists
辦 kāi bàn to open; to start (a business etc); to set up
通 kāi tōng to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
通 kāi tong open-minded
運竹 kāi yùn zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
道 kāi dào to clear the way
遠 kāi yuǎn Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
遠市 kāi yuǎn shì Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
都河 kāi dū hé Kaidu River, Xinjiang
酒費 kāi jiǔ fèi corkage fee
釋 kāi shì to release (a prisoner)
金 kāi jīn carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
銷 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)
鍋 kāi guō (of a pot) to boil
鎖 kāi suǒ to unlock
鐮 kāi lián to start the harvest
鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance
鑼喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
鑽 kāi zuān to start drilling
鑿 kāi záo to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business
門揖盜 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
門炮 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
門紅 kāi mén hóng a good beginning