展开

Character by character

• 展zhǎn10 strokesHSK 3open, unfold; stretch, extend
• 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.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 展开. 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

• 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

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

  development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 展示zhǎn shìHSK 5

  to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

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

• 进展jìn zhǎnHSK 3

  to make headway; to make progress

• 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

• 展现zhǎn xiànHSK 5

  to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display

• 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

• 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)

• 开工kāi gōngHSK 7

  to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job

• 拉开lā kāiHSK 4

  to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase

• 展览zhǎn lǎnHSK 5

  to put on display; to exhibit; exhibition; show

• 开枪kāi qiāngHSK 7

  to open fire; to shoot a gun