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Definitions
- 1. to open
- 2. to start
- 3. to turn on
- 4. to boil
- 5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- 6. to operate (a vehicle)
Example Sentences
1 shown把门 开 开 ！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 开
public expenditure
to open a business
Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州[qú zhōu], Zhejiang
Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
start of play
lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
to deflower
to expel from the Party
candid and open (idiom)
see 開齋節|开斋节[kāi zhāi jié]
open; overt; public
starter
Closed Game
to separate
over and above (some amount)
slit dress
military spending
imaginative
development zone
machete
to uncover
to start a print run
aperitif wine
to move away
to imagine the wildest thing
to begin a lecture
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
to whet the appetite
to not take to heart
open system(s)
to be wide open
to start to speak
to open wide
boiled water
Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[dá zhōu], Sichuan
thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
to feel happy
to open shop
to launch
to thaw
a dike breaks
to start learning as a poet
Lancaster
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
Lancashire (English county)
to give the green light
to throw off inhibitions
see 精誠所至，金石為開|精诚所至，金石为开[jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi]
to become enlightened (Buddhism)
before the beginning (of sth)
a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again (proverb)
be unpopular
to absolve sb from guilt
founding master of a monastery
Jack the Ripper
pistachio nuts
to separate
Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[chén yuán guāng]
to speak out
beginning of spring
Kaifeng county in Kaifeng, Henan
One key opens one lock.
expenditures
lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
to come unglued
semicivilized
to open the throttle
open-crotch pants (for toddlers)
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for
to drive in reverse
to diverge
keep your thoughts to yourself
Double Queen Pawn Opening
open ball (math.)
to unscrew
to come unsewn
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
Cayman Islands
flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
to make (a list)
enlightened
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]
to issue an infringement notice
to open up
(agriculture) to begin sowing
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
to draw up (a document)
to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
open-minded
to put a new bus or railway station into operation
pioneer
open source (computing)
to open (sth that has been sealed)
to boil (food)
to declare at the outset (idiom)
to open fire
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
to break up
open and vast
opening ceremony
to ignore an issue (idiom)
to strip sb of their Party membership and government job (開除黨籍，開除公職|开除党籍，开除公职)
(dialect) boss's son
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shí liù kāi] is roughly A4)
to pry open
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
happy and carefree
to convene (a conference or meeting)
to untie
cardigan
pioneering
splash
Maracaibo, Venezuela
prologue of play
arming system
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[pán gǔ] creation myth
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc)
to throw out
to rejoice
Nankai University (Tianjin)
to let go
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
to start the harvest
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)
to expel from school
to split open
to commence trading (stock market)
African Development Bank
(medicine) to write out a prescription
lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hù guā])
open set (math.)
beginning
to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture)
(used with negative) to conclude
United Nations Development Program
every beginning is difficult (idiom)
Cesarean section
to be honest
Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[guì yáng], Guizhou
(of news) to spread
to stretch taut
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
to disregard
to attend a meeting
to pay (expenses)
to receive condolences
to open an account (bank etc)
at first
to boil (of liquid)
to open
to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc
to release
Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
to play a joke
to turn on the light
to pull open
to start eating
to start a war
open systems interconnection
Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan
to dismantle
to open fire
to push aside
to open a law court
foundation of a University or College
to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed
to saw
to dig into
power switch
unable to understand
to clear up (of weather)
to dig; to excavate
open letter
to expand one's financial resources
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
expansion plan
to lift a ban
to offend sb
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
to depart; to leave
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
to start a war
half-open, half closed
wide open
to create a precedent
to season a wok
pioneer; trailblazer
broad-minded
to tee off (golf)
to bloom abundantly
to withdraw
tracheotomy (medicine)
to fire
opening exchange rate
to start collecting taxes
pioneer
to pioneer a frontier area
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
to begin
to announce the winners in a lottery
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
(of a sports competition or match) to commence
Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
to split
to start talking
Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty
to leave a blank to mark censored area
China Development Bank
to cleave
to offer (goods or services)
Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)
to open up land (for agriculture)
motorists
to open (a conference)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor
public key (in encryption)
to begin
spacious and well-lit
to leave in stealth
to found a state
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
camera (loanword)
Kaijiang county in Dazhou 達州|达州[dá zhōu], Sichuan
to spread out after being diluted or melted
Cairo, capital of Egypt
to unlock
to bloom; to blossom; to flower
corkage fee
broaden, expand one's horizons
(a peacock) spreads its tail
to be awfully (busy etc)
to bill
innovative
to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain
see 開房間|开房间[kāi fáng jiān]
Kaiping, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
blooming
to brighten up
to deck the tree with false blossoms
(literary) to allow
to serve a meal
celebration on opening a business
to start an engine
to separate
to resume; to restart; to start afresh
to make public; to bring into the open
opening and closing ceremonies
to spread out
ratio seventy to thirty
open door policy
to reopen
to give preferential treatment
Kaiping, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
to start a match
to boil
to pry open or apart
lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom)
to burst with joy
to reopen
to reform and open to the outside world
to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
to start an opera
(of troops) to depart for
to carve a face
lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
kettle
pants fly is down
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
to break new ground (for agriculture)
opening gong
to burn the midnight oil
to assume a fighting stance
to break open
to open one's mouth
to avoid
wide
to stop following a vegetarian diet
to come to accept an unpleasant fact
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
thoracotomy (medicine)
to reduce spending
Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[cháng shā shì], Hunan
start of literary work
(coll.) to make fun of (sb)
open system
to start showing a movie
to cast or put aside
to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc)
(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush
Kaiyuan county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
to send (sb) away
to step forward
ignition switch
opening (chess etc)
zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom)
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
open network
(fig.) to raise the curtain
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
to call a conference
to open (one's eyes)
to push open (a gate etc)
to open the back door
start
Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]
to mine
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
to become civilized
to start drilling
(dialect) to step aside
to open up
(coll.) unbelievably good
opening speech (at a conference)
to get out of the way
to found
openness
to open up
to beat the gong to open a performance
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[táng xuán zōng] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
to come unsewn
Kaidu River, Xinjiang
Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation
to set out (of troops)
to set sail
to open ballot boxes
enlightened sovereign
to begin a (judicial) court session
to start negotiations
to disperse
to open one's eyes
to straighten out
to clear land (for cultivation)
smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
a good beginning
to open a bale of cotton
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
to get out of the way
to clear the way
buttoned Chinese tunic
to instruct (novices)
unboxing
software developer
(Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chū kǒu chéng zhāng])
Kaifu district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[cháng shā shì], Hunan
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
slit (in clothing)
half-open door
development cycle
Asian Development Bank
unembarrassed
cashmere (loanword)
(sports) open championship
developer
whet the appetite
Wimbledon Championships (tennis)
to pull apart
to open up a path
cashmere (loanword)
impossible to separate
octavo
to initiate
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism)
to stagger (times)
to clear a wild area for cultivation
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
development bank
to open and close
to reverse a vehicle
to die
to open wide
to make fun of
(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading
firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
to drive a car
to wither and fall
plain boiled water
to start plowing
to open a furnace
pot of boiling water
to split open
suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing
to break
bottle opener
to exculpate
to make out a bill
to lift open
to speak without thinking (idiom)
to start a match
to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
to take a hotel room
to feel embarrassed
corkage fee
to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)
to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
to smile
lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp
alcove
(of a store) to open for business for the first time in the New Year
developer
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
to quote a price
lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
to open fire
an express train sets off
to open a river
to be absent-minded
to open
thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
to stretch out
to blow one's brain out
to blossom everywhere
pneumatic switch
initial public offering (IPO)
open source software (OSS)
to leave one's homeland
to open a business
open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out
open interval (in calculus)
see 開放源碼|开放源码[kāi fàng yuán mǎ]
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning
lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)
(of a bus, a train, a boat) to start off
to bloom
besides
to go (of car, train etc)
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
Cairo University
to burst forth
to open a door (lit. and fig.)
to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten
to start
Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong
to one's heart's content
founding figure (of a country or dynasty)
to move (sth) aside
semiovert
Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市[táng shān shì], Hebei
to open a book
to give a favor (used of Christian God)
perturbative expansion (physics)
to host a banquet
main switch
to denounce
at the outset
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
to carry out
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
to open up a port for trade
school begins
development process
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
Bay of Biscay
software development
opening ceremony
Khyber province of Pakistan
to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly
founder
to open
Kaifeng prefecture in Henan
open forum
easy-open can (with ring-pull)
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
cannot figure out
polling station
to shake off
Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the first day of Shawal
Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia
to start from scratch
to expel (a member of an organization)
driver
to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
to prescribe medicine
to end abstinence
inseparable
to have financial difficulties
to lure away
to laugh
development environment (computer)
to have free rein (idiom)
to beat the gong to clear the way
to exploit (a resource)
to get it straight
to start providing food
to leave
to release (a prisoner)
to restart; to reboot
beginning
outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
see 開掛|开挂[kāi guà]
to be popular
to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)
(math.) to extract a cube root
to get sth open by tapping or striking it