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kǎi

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kǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǎi | kai3
English translation
old variant of kǎi [kǎi]
to sigh (with emotion)
sigh, regret, lament; generosity

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About kǎi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

kǎi

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of kǎi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄既

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of kǎi .

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Example sentences using kǎi

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suī qióng , dàn duì 贫苦 pín kǔ de 朋友 péngyou hěn 慷慨 kāngkǎi .

Although he was poor, he was quite generous to his needy friends.

他们 tā men shì zài zhuàn le 大钱 dà qián Hòu cái 开始 kāishǐ biàn 慷慨大方 de .

They didn't start being generous till they had make their pile.

球赛 qiú sài shū le 引起 yǐnqǐ le 极大 jí dà de 愤慨 fèn kǎi .

The loss of the ball game stirred up much feeling.

rén hěn 慷慨 kāngkǎi de jiè gěi kuài Qián .

The man was accommodating enough to lend me a dollar.

因此 yīncǐ ,这个 zhè ge 贪婪 tānlán de 犹太人 Yóu tài rén jiù gēn 慷慨 kāngkǎi de 商人 shāng rén 安东尼奥结下 le hěn shēn de 仇恨 chóu hèn .

Therefore there was great enmity between this covetous Jew and the generous merchant Antonio.

Words with kǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
慷慨 kāngkǎi vehement慷慨 kāngkǎi
感慨 gǎnkǎi rueful感慨 gǎnkǎi
愤慨 fèn kǎi to resent憤慨
慷慨解囊 kāng kǎi jiě náng to give generously to charity慷慨解囊 kāng kǎi jiě náng
慨叹 kǎi tàn lament慨嘆
kǎi indignant kǎi
慷慨激昂 kāng kǎi jī áng impassioned慷慨激昂 kāng kǎi jī áng
慷慨赴义 kāng kǎi fù yì heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause慷慨赴義

kǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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kǎi Decomposition

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