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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 开

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Pinyin kāi

Radical

廾

Strokes

Definition

open / operate (vehicle) / start

Usage

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开 kāi [动] 【本义】: 开门【造字法】: 会意。小篆字形，两边是两扇门，中间一横是门闩，下面是一双手，表示两手打开门闩之意。 1. 同本义 (open the door) 2. 打开，开启 (open) 3. 引申为开放；舒放 (come into bloom; unfold) 4. 创立，建立，开创，设立 (set up; found) 5. 摆开 (put; set up; place) 6. 开掘；开通 (dredge) 7. 教导，启发 (instruct; inspire) 8. 开拓，扩展 (open up; initiate) 9. 开始，开端 (begin; start) 10. 戏剧开场角色的说白 (soliloquy speak) 11. 释放；赦免 (release) 12. 解除，免去 (remove; get rid of) 13. 分离，分开 (separate) 14. 起刺激作用，尤指诱发特征性的生命活动 (stimulate) 15. 书写，开列，填写 (make out) 16. 放晴 ((of sky) clear up (after rain)) 开 kāi [量] 1. 黄金成色单位，等于纯金占合金的1/24 (karat, carat) 2. 印刷上指相当于整张纸的若干分之一，附在数词之后 (mo) 3. 〈方〉∶冲茶一次，叫做一开 (times) [名] 姓

开启 kāi qǐ

to open / to start / (computing) to enable

开去 kāi qù

Drive

叉开 chǎ kāi

fork / diverge

开发 kāi fā

to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop

开口 kāi kǒu

to open one's mouth / to start to talk

叩开 kòu kāi

Knock

开垦 kāi kěn

to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow

开始 kāi shǐ

to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4]

岔开 chà kāi

to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject)

开发区 kāi fā qū

development zone

开幕 kāi mù

to open (a conference) / to inaugurate

对外开放 duì wài kāi fàng

open-door to the outside world / opening to the outside world

开元寺 kāi yuán sì

kaiyuan temple

开封 Kāi fēng

Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁

开封府 Kāi fēng fǔ

Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty

开局 kāi jú

opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc

开屏 kāi píng

(a peacock) spreads its tail

展开 zhǎn kāi

to unfold / to carry out / to be in full swing / to launch

开展 kāi zhǎn

to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open

开幕式 kāi mù shì

opening ceremony

开幕词 kāi mù cí

opening speech (at a conference)

开店 kāi diàn

to open shop

开庭 kāi tíng

to begin a (judicial) court session

开放 kāi fàng

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

开国 kāi guó

to found a state / to open a closed country

打开 dǎ kāi

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

离开 lí kāi

to depart / to leave

开辟 kāi pì

to open up / to set up / to establish

开通 kāi tōng

to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)

开采 kāi cǎi

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine

开会 kāi huì

to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting

拉开 lā kāi

to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase

剖开 pōu kāi

split / slit / cleave / dissect / cut open / rip open

割开 gē kāi

rift / unrip / unpick / exscind / split

劈开 pī kāi

to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)

开办 kāi bàn

to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up

召开 zhào kāi

to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together

开创 kāi chuàng

to initiate / to start / to found

开怀 kāi huái

to one's heart's content / without restraint

扒开 bā kāi

to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands

开恩 kāi ēn

to give a favor (used of Christian God)

开拓 kāi tuò

to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)

掰开 bāi kāi

to pull apart / to pry open with the hands

技术开发区 jì shù kāi fā qū

technology development zone / technical development zone

摊开 tān kāi

to spread out / to unfold

抛开 pāo kāi

to throw out / to get rid of

撇开 piē kāi

to disregard / to leave aside

抹不开 mò bù kāi

feel embarrassed / be put out

拆开 chāi kāi

to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick

开拆 kāi chāi

Unpack

开拓者 kāi tuò zhě

pioneer

开拓进取 kāi tuò jìn qǔ

forge ahead

开疆拓土 kāi jiāng tuò tǔ

expand territory

开拓性 kāi tuò xìng

pioneering / groundbreaking

开拓型 kāi tuò xíng

pioneering

开拔 kāi bá

to set out (of troops) / departure / start date (of military expedition)

拨开 bō kāi

to push aside / to part / to brush away

敞开 chǎng kāi

to open wide / unrestrictedly

开挖 kāi wā

to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out

挣开 zhēng kāi

Break away

挪开 nuó kāi

to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze)

掀开 xiān kāi

to lift open / to tear open

开掘 kāi jué

to excavate / to dig out / fig. to investigate (in an archive)

掘开 jué kāi

Dig

推开 tuī kāi

to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline

揭开 jiē kāi

to uncover / to open

揭不开锅 jiē bù kāi guō

starve / be short of food / be unable to keep the pot boiling / have nothing in the pot

冲开 chōng kāi

Rush away

公开 gōng kāi

public / to publish / to make public

摆开 bǎi kāi

lay out

撑开 chēng kāi

strut

撕开 sī kāi

tear

撩开 liāo kai

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

开支 kāi zhī

expenditures / expenses / CL:筆|笔[bi3], 項|项[xiang4] / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages

放开 fàng kāi

to let go / to release

开敞 kāi chǎng

wide open

敞开式 chǎng kāi shì

open / open-type

散开 sàn kāi

to separate / to disperse

开普敦 Kāi pǔ dūn

Cape Town (city in South Africa)

开斋节 Kāi zhāi jié

Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan

开斋 kāi zhāi

to stop following a vegetarian diet / to break a fast

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 / success in a single move

春暖花开 chūn nuǎn huā kāi

spring blossoms

开曼 kāi màn

The Cayman Islands（群岛名）

开朗 kāi lǎng

spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree

豁然开朗 huò rán kāi lǎng

suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment

松开 sōng kāi

to release / to let go / to loosen / to untie / to come loose

开枪 kāi qiāng

to open fire / to shoot a gun

开凿 kāi záo

to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

开涮 kāi shuàn

(coll.) to make fun of (sb) / to play tricks on

洞开 dòng kāi

to be wide open

开溜 kāi liū

to leave in stealth / to slip away

滚开 gǔn kāi

to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude)

伸开 shēn kāi

to stretch out

甩开 shuǎi kāi

to shake off / to get rid of

开玩笑 kāi wán xiào

to play a joke / to make fun of / to joke

盛开 shèng kāi

blooming / in full flower

眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào

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

砸开 zá kāi

crack / break open

离不开 lí bu kāi

inseparable / inevitably linked to

How to write 开

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