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

軟件發人員 ruǎn jiàn kāi fā rén yuán software developer
遍地花 biàn dì kāi huā to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
bì kāi to avoid; to evade; to keep away from
重新始 chóng xīn kāi shǐ to resume; to restart; to start afresh
重新機 chóng xīn kāi jī to restart; to reboot
chóng kāi to reopen
jù kāi to saw
cuò kāi to stagger (times)
鐵樹花 tiě shù kāi huā lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom); a highly improbable or extremely rare occurrence
門戶放 mén hù kāi fàng open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel
shǎn kāi to get out of the way
三次方 kāi sān cì fāng cube root; to extract a cube root
交 kāi jiāo (used with negative) to conclude; (impossible) to end; (can't) finish
仗 kāi zhàng to start a war; to open hostilities
伙 kāi huǒ to start providing food; to open today's service in a canteen
伯爾 kāi bó ěr Khyber province of Pakistan; Northwest Frontier province
伯爾山口 kāi bó ěr shān kǒu Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
例 kāi lì to create a precedent
倒車 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse; fig. to take a backward step; retrogressive; trying to turn the clock back
價 kāi jià to quote a price; seller's first offer
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)
具 kāi jù to draw up (a document)
凍 kāi dòng to thaw; to melt