打开

Character by character

• 打dǎ5 strokesHSK 1strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 打开书。

  Dǎ kāi shū

  Open the book.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 打开. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 打dǎHSK 1

  to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from

• 开kāiHSK 1

  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

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1

  to make a telephone call

• 打算dǎ suànHSK 2

  to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 打击dǎ jīHSK 5

  to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 打破dǎ pòHSK 3

  to break; to smash

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part

• 开口kāi kǒuHSK 7

  to open one's mouth; to start to talk

• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngHSK 7

  to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980

• 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 1

  to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

• 召开zhào kāiHSK 4

  to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together

• 打扮dǎ banHSK 5

  to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress

• 开会kāi huìHSK 1

  to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting

• 开通kāi tōngHSK 6

  to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

• 打扰dǎ rǎoHSK 5

  to disturb; to bother; to trouble

• 打工dǎ gōngHSK 2

  to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation