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kāi

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kāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kāi | kai1
English translation
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (vehicle)
abbr. for 開爾文
>开尔文 Kāi ěr wén degrees Kelvin
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

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About kāi

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

kāi

Contains the radical

gǒng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Simplified form of  kāi ; hands  gǒng lifting the latch  of a door

Etymology of kāi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

一廾

Explanation

Simplified form of kāi . Pictograph of two hands opening the bolt on a door. The traditional component mén was removed for simplification.

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Example sentences using kāi

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开动 kāi dòng 脑筋 nǎo jīn , xiǎng lòng dǒng 这个 zhè ge 问题 wèntí .

His mind reached after an understanding of the problem.

zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

天气 tiānqì hěn bàng , xiǎng 开车 kāi chē 出去 chū qù 兜兜 dōu dou fēng .

The weather is so nice that I to go for a drive.

眼睛 yǎnjing 眯成一条 féng ,嘴巴 zuǐ ba 微微 wēi wēi 咧开,不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán de 轻轻 qīng qīng hēng le 一声 yī shēng .

His eyes narrowed and his mouth widened slightly with the ghost of a superior " Hm! "

zài 我们 wǒmen de 脚下 jiǎo xià , 大地 dà dì 裂开 liè kāi le ,安东尼 Ān dōng ní 大陆 Dà lù 变成 biàn chéng 了安东尼卡群岛 qún dǎo .

Beneath our very feet, the ground split and Antonica was splintered apart.

Words with kāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
开始 kāishǐ to begin開始
kāi to open kāi
离开 líkāi to depart離開
开心 kāixīn to feel happy開心
开发 kāifā to develop開發
打开 dǎ kāi to open打開
开展 kāizhǎn to launch開展
公开 gōngkāi public公開
召开 zhàokāi to convoke召開
开枪 kāi qiāng to open fire開槍
开放 kāifàng to bloom開放
展开 zhǎnkāi to unfold展開
放开 fàng kāi to let go放開
开车 kāi chē to drive a car開車
开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to play a joke開玩笑
分开 fēn kāi to separate分開
开口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth開口
开门 kāi mén to open for business開門
走开 zǒu kāi to leave走開
开通 kāi tōng to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)開通
开会 kāi huì to hold a meeting開會
开除 kāichú to fire (an employee)開除
拉开 lā kāi to pull open拉開
开工 kāi gōng to start a construction job開工
改革开放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world改革開放

kāi Decomposition & Compounds

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kāi Decomposition

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kāi Compounds

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  • kāi
    • bìng
      • bīng
        • bǐng , píng , , , ,
      • píng
        • píng
      • bǐng , píng , pīn , bèng , pīn , pián , píng , bīng , bǐng , 軿 píng , bǐng , pián , bìng , , , , , , , pēng , , , , , , , , , , , bǐng , pián , 骿, ,
    • yán
      • yán
    • Xíng
      • xíng , xíng , xíng , , jīng , xíng
    • kāi
    • xíng , yán , jīng , xíng , qiān , qiān , , qiān , jiān , jiǎn , xíng , , , , , , , yán
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