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

關 zǒng kāi guān main switch
繼往來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
羞口難 xiū kǒu nán kāi to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
fān kāi to open up
聯合國發計劃署 lián hé guó kāi fā jì huà shǔ United Nations Development Program
胸廓切術 xiōng kuò qiē kāi shù thoracotomy (medicine)
tuō kāi to withdraw
腦洞大 nǎo dòng dà kāi imaginative; to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
腦袋花 nǎo dài kāi huā to blow one's brain out
花有重日,人無再少年 huā yǒu chóng kāi rì , rén wú zài shào nián a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)
山脈 ruò kāi shān mài Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
茅塞頓 máo sè dùn kāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
萬事頭難 wàn shì kāi tóu nán every beginning is difficult (idiom); getting started is always the hardest part
夏郡 lán kāi xià jùn Lancashire (English county)
斯特 lán kāi sī tè Lancaster
liè kāi to split open
見錢眼 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain; money-grubbing
jiě kāi to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside
豁然朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; fig. everything becomes clear at once; to achieve speedy enlightenment
zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
qǐ kai (dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)
軍費支 jūn fèi kāi zhī military spending
軟件發 ruǎn jiàn kāi fā software development