开

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 水开了。

  Shuǐ kāi le

  The water is boiling.

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• 放开他。

  Fàng kāi tā

  Release him.

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• 门开了。

  Mén kāi le

  The door opened.

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• 我会开车。

  Wǒ huì kāi chē

  I know how to drive a car.

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Words containing 开

• 开kāi 1to 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
• 打开dǎ kāi 3–1 to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
• 开车kāi chē 1–1 to drive a car
• 开玩笑kāi wán xiào 1–2–4to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
• 开会kāi huì 1–4 to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
• 开始kāi shǐ 1–3 to begin; beginning; to start; initial
• 离开lí kāi 2–1 to depart; to leave
• 开心kāi xīn 1–1 to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
• 分开fēn kāi 1–1 to separate; to part
• 走开zǒu kāi 3–1 to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
• 开学kāi xué 1–2 foundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term
• 开机kāi jī 1–1 to start an engine; to boot up (a computer); to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete; to begin shooting a film or TV show