开放
kāi fàng 1–4
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
- Characters
- 2
- 开 · 放
- Syllables
- 2
- kāi fàng
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 3,036
Part of speech: v,vn,a
Character by character
- 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start
- 放fàng8 strokesHSK 1put, release, free, liberate
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 开放. 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
- 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
- 放fàngHSK 1
to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 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
- 放弃fàng qìHSK 5
to renounce; to abandon; to give up
- 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1
to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 公开gōng kāiHSK 3
open; overt; public; to make public; to release
- 放下fàng xiàHSK 2
to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- 放松fàng sōngHSK 4
to relax; to slacken; to loosen
- 放心fàng xīnHSK 2
to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- 释放shì fàngHSK 7
to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge
- 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
- 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3
to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- 放到fàng dàoHSK 3
Put in
- 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
- 解放jiě fàngHSK 5
to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949
- 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 1
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- 播放bō fàngHSK 3
to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
- 召开zhào kāiHSK 4
to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together
- 放手fàng shǒu
to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand