开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

Traditional 開

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 HSK 2.0 · Level 1 verbmeasure word

Meaning

kāi kai1

to open (transitive or intransitive)
(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
(directional complement) away; off
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文
abbr. for 开本, book format

Example sentences

wǒ我yī一tiān天yě也lí离bù不kāi开zhè这běn本zìdiǎn字典。

I cannot do without this dictionary even for a single day.
yǎnchànghuì演唱会dàgài大概kāi开le了sān三gè个xiǎoshí小时。

The concert lasted about three hours.
tā他de的gōngsī公司2005年kāi开de的。

His company was set up in 2005.
mén门yī一kāi开,tā她zǒu走le了jìnlái进来。

The door opened and she came in.

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