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开辟 kāipì

开辟 kāipì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 开辟 kāipì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kāipì | kai1 pi4
English translation
to open up
to set up
to establish

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Traditional form

開闢

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 开辟 kāipì

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kāi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

一廾

Number of Strokes

4

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts punishing a kneeling person ( jié ) with a curved knife ().

Positional decomposition

⿰⿸尸口辛

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 开辟 kāipì

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wéi 自己 zìjǐ Cóng 荒地 huāng dì shǎng 开辟 kāipì chū de 花园 huā yuán ér 感到 gǎn dào 自豪 zìháo

He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.

开辟 kāipì Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 开辟 kāipì and their own compounds.

开辟 kāipì Compounds

See all 105 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 开辟 kāipì in their composition.

  • 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
      • niè
    • , , , , , , , , , , bāi , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , bèi , , , 鷿, ,
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