开
Meaning
- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
Example sentence
把门开开！
Open the door a bit!
The character 开
开 is the simplified 開, which drew two hands lifting the bar out of a gate. To open — 开门, 打开 — and then to set anything running: 开车 to drive, 开会 to hold a meeting, 开心, and 离开 to leave.
Words containing 开
- 打开 dǎ kāi to open
- 开车 kāi chē to drive a car (or train etc)
- 开会 kāi huì to hold a meeting
- 开玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- 分开 fēn kāi to separate
- 开机 kāi jī to start an engine
- 开心 kāi xīn to feel happy
- 开学 kāi xué (of a student) to start school
- 离开 lí kāi to depart; to leave
- 走开 zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it
- 公开 gōng kāi open; overt; public
- 解开 jiě kāi to untie
- 开发 kāi fā to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
- 开放 kāi fàng to bloom
- 开始 kāi shǐ to begin
- 开业 kāi yè to open a business
- 开展 kāi zhǎn to launch
- 推开 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc)
- 展开 zhǎn kāi to unfold; to spread out; to open up
- 隔开 gé kāi to separate
- 开花 kāi huā to bloom; to blossom; to flower
- 开水 kāi shuǐ boiled water
- 拉开 lā kāi to pull open
- 离不开 lí bu kāi inseparable