kāi

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Definitions

  1. 1. to open
  2. 2. to start
  3. 3. to turn on
  4. 4. to boil
  5. 5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6. to operate (a vehicle)

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Words Containing 开

公开
gōng kāi

open; overt; public

公开信
gōng kāi xìn

open letter

分开
fēn kāi

to separate

召开
zhào kāi

to convene (a conference or meeting)

展开
zhǎn kāi

to carry out

打开
dǎ kāi

to open

拉开
lā kāi

to pull open

抛开
pāo kāi

to throw out

推开
tuī kāi

to push open (a gate etc)

改革开放
gǎi gé kāi fàng

to reform and open to the outside world

敞开
chǎng kāi

to open wide

异想天开
yì xiǎng tiān kāi

to imagine the wildest thing

盛开
shèng kāi

blooming

眉开眼笑
méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy

继往开来
jì wǎng kāi lái

to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition

见钱眼开
jiàn qián yǎn kāi

to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain

解开
jiě kāi

to untie

走开
zǒu kāi

to leave

开创
kāi chuàng

to initiate

开动
kāi dòng

to start

开口
kāi kǒu

to open one's mouth

开启
kāi qǐ

to open

开场
kāi chǎng

to begin

开场白
kāi chǎng bái

prologue of play

开垦
kāi kěn

to clear a wild area for cultivation

开夜车
kāi yè chē

to burn the midnight oil

开天辟地
kāi tiān pì dì

to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[pán gǔ] creation myth

开始
kāi shǐ

to begin

开学
kāi xué

foundation of a University or College

开展
kāi zhǎn

to launch

开工
kāi gōng

to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)

开幕
kāi mù

to open (a conference)

开幕式
kāi mù shì

opening ceremony

开张
kāi zhāng

to open a business

开心
kāi xīn

to feel happy

开拓
kāi tuò

to break new ground (for agriculture)

开采
kāi cǎi

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)

开支
kāi zhī

expenditures

开放
kāi fàng

to bloom

开明
kāi míng

enlightened

开会
kāi huì

to attend a meeting

开朗
kāi lǎng

spacious and well-lit

开业
kāi yè

to open a business

开枪
kāi qiāng

to open fire

开机
kāi jī

to start an engine

开水
kāi shuǐ

boiled water

开玩笑
kāi wán xiào

to play a joke

开发
kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开发区
kāi fā qū

development zone

开发商
kāi fā shāng

developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)

开花
kāi huā

to bloom; to blossom; to flower

开设
kāi shè

to offer (goods or services)

开车
kāi chē

to drive a car

开办
kāi bàn

to open

开通
kāi tōng

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

开通
kāi tong

open-minded

开销
kāi xiāo

to pay (expenses)

开阔
kāi kuò

wide

开关
kāi guān

power switch

开辟
kāi pì

to open up

开除
kāi chú

to expel (a member of an organization)

开头
kāi tóu

beginning

隔开
gé kāi

to separate

离不开
lí bu kāi

inseparable

离开
lí kāi

to depart; to leave

一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ

One key opens one lock.

三七开定论
sān qī kāi dìng lùn

thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong

三七开
sān qī kāi

ratio seventy to thirty

不可开交
bù kě kāi jiāo

to be awfully (busy etc)

不开窍
bù kāi qiào

unable to understand

丢开
diū kāi

to cast or put aside

亚洲开发银行
yà zhōu kāi fā yín háng

Asian Development Bank

伸开
shēn kāi

to stretch out

保险解开系统
bǎo xiǎn jiě kāi xì tǒng

arming system

信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé

to speak without thinking (idiom)

倒开
dào kāi

to reverse a vehicle

传开
chuán kāi

(of news) to spread

免开尊口
miǎn kāi zūn kǒu

keep your thoughts to yourself

八开
bā kāi

octavo

公共开支
gōng gòng kāi zhī

public expenditure

公开化
gōng kāi huà

to make public; to bring into the open

公开指责
gōng kāi zhǐ zé

to denounce

公开讨论会
gōng kāi tǎo lùn huì

open forum

公开赛
gōng kāi sài

(sports) open championship

公开钥匙
gōng kāi yào shi

public key (in encryption)

再开
zài kāi

to reopen

别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn

to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path

劈开
pī kāi

to cleave

化开
huà kāi

to spread out after being diluted or melted

半公开
bàn gōng kāi

semiovert

半开化
bàn kāi huà

semicivilized

半开半关
bàn kāi bàn guān

half-open, half closed

半开门
bàn kāi mén

half-open door

南开
nán kāi

Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

南开区
nán kāi qū

Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

南开大学
nán kāi dà xué

Nankai University (Tianjin)

另开
lìng kāi

to break up

召开会议
zhào kāi huì yì

to call a conference

吃不开
chī bu kāi

be unpopular

吃得开
chī de kāi

to be popular

吾尔开希
wú ěr kāi xī

Örkesh Dölet (1968-), one of the main leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989

周转不开
zhōu zhuǎn bù kāi

to have financial difficulties

咧开嘴笑
liě kāi zuǐ xiào

to laugh

哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú

lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot

喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi

grinning from ear to ear (idiom)

国家开发银行
guó jiā kāi fā yín háng

China Development Bank

夜开花
yè kāi huā

bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hù guā])

大开
dà kāi

to open wide

大开斋
dà kāi zhāi

see 開齋節|开斋节[kāi zhāi jié]

天安门开了
tiān ān mén kāi le

pants fly is down

封闭性开局
fēng bì xìng kāi jú

Closed Game

封开
fēng kāi

Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong

封开县
fēng kāi xiàn

Fengkai county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong

寻开心
xún kāi xīn

to make fun of

对开
duì kāi

running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)

小开
xiǎo kāi

(dialect) boss's son

展开图
zhǎn kāi tú

expansion plan

岔开
chà kāi

to diverge

左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng

lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)

帝王切开
dì wáng qiē kāi

Cesarean section

广开言路
guǎng kāi yán lù

to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)

引开
yǐn kāi

to lure away

张开
zhāng kāi

to open up

从零开始
cóng líng kāi shǐ

to start from scratch

微扰展开
wēi rǎo zhǎn kāi

perturbative expansion (physics)

心胸开阔
xīn xiōng kāi kuò

broad-minded

情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi

first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)

想不开
xiǎng bu kāi

cannot figure out

想得开
xiǎng de kāi

to not take to heart

想开
xiǎng kāi

to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)

扒开
bā kāi

to pry open or apart

打开天窗说亮话
dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà

(let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush

打开话匣子
dǎ kāi huà xiá zi

to start talking

投开票所
tóu kāi piào suǒ

polling station

拆开
chāi kāi

to dismantle

拉开序幕
lā kāi xù mù

(fig.) to raise the curtain

拉开架势
lā kāi jià shi

to assume a fighting stance

挖开
wā kāi

to dig into

挪开
nuó kāi

to move (sth) aside

掀开
xiān kāi

to lift open

掰开
bāi kāi

to pull apart

掰开揉碎
bāi kāi róu suì

lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp

揭开
jiē kāi

to uncover

撇开
piē kāi

to disregard

撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán

to ignore an issue (idiom)

撑开
chēng kāi

to stretch taut

拨开
bō kāi

to push aside

撩开
liāo kai

to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside

撬开
qiào kāi

to pry open

择不开
zhái bu kāi

impossible to separate

擘开
bò kāi

to break open

拧开
nǐng kāi

to unscrew

摊开
tān kāi

to spread out

支开
zhī kāi

to send (sb) away

放开
fàng kāi

to let go

放开手脚
fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo

to have free rein (idiom)

散开
sàn kāi

to separate

敲开
qiāo kāi

to get sth open by tapping or striking it

断开
duàn kāi

to break

旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng

lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success

易开罐
yì kāi guàn

easy-open can (with ring-pull)

李开复
lǐ kāi fù

Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009

杨开慧
yáng kāi huì

Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife

乐开花
lè kāi huā

to burst with joy

树上开花
shù shàng kāi huā

to deck the tree with false blossoms

死猪不怕开水烫
sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng

lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom)

比斯开湾
bǐ sī kāi wān

Bay of Biscay

气动开关
qì dòng kāi guān

pneumatic switch

气管切开术
qì guǎn qiē kāi shù

tracheotomy (medicine)

洋浦经济开发区
yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qū

Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan

洞开
dòng kāi

to be wide open

温布尔登网球公开赛
wēn bù ěr dēng wǎng qiú gōng kāi sài

Wimbledon Championships (tennis)

滚开
gǔn kāi

to boil (of liquid)

溅开
jiàn kāi

splash

煮开
zhǔ kāi

to boil (food)

烧开
shāo kāi

to boil

狗窦大开
gǒu dòu dà kāi

dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)

甩开
shuǎi kāi

to shake off

甩开膀子
shuǎi kāi bǎng zi

to throw off inhibitions

疏开
shū kāi

to disperse

白开水
bái kāi shuǐ

plain boiled water

皮开肉绽
pí kāi ròu zhàn

flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)

看开
kàn kāi

to come to accept an unpleasant fact

睁开
zhēng kāi

to open (one's eyes)

破开
pò kāi

to split

磨不开
mò bù kāi

to feel embarrassed

磨得开
mó de kāi

unembarrassed

移开
yí kāi

to move away

笑逐颜开
xiào zhú yán kāi

smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure

管住嘴迈开腿
guǎn zhù zuǐ mài kāi tuǐ

lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)

米开朗基罗
mǐ kāi lǎng jī luó

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor

精简开支
jīng jiǎn kāi zhī

to reduce spending

精诚所加,金石为开
jīng chéng suǒ jiā , jīn shí wèi kāi

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]

精诚所至,金石为开
jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi

lit. metal and stone yield to power of sincerity (idiom)

经济协力开发机构
jīng jì xié lì kāi fā jī gòu

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

网开一面
wǎng kāi yī miàn

open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly

网开三面
wǎng kāi sān miàn

to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly

绽开
zhàn kāi

to burst forth

总开关
zǒng kāi guān

main switch

羞口难开
xiū kǒu nán kāi

to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)