开
Details
- Definition: 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
- HSK Level: 1
- Frequency Rank: 195
- Alternate Forms: 开, 開
- Notes: POS: v, q
Variants
開
- Pinyin: kāi
- English Definitions: 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
- Notes: Classifiers:
Other transcriptions: numeric: kai1, wadegiles: k'ai¹, bopomofo: ㄎㄞ, romatzyh: kai