Chinese Character Dictionary

开课

kāi kè

school begins

开讲

kāi jiăng

to begin a lecture

开账

kāi zhàng

to make out a bill

开赛

kāi sài

to start a match

开走

kāi zŏu

to go (of car, train etc)

开赴

kāi fù

(of troops) to depart for

开足马力

kāi zú mă lì

to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed

开路

kāi lù

to open up a path

开路先锋

kāi lù xiān fēng

pioneer

开车

kāi chē

to drive a car

开车人

kāi chē rén

driver

开办

kāi bàn

to open

开通

kāi tong

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

开道

kāi dào

to clear the way

开远

Kāi yuăn

Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan

开远市

Kāi yuăn shì

Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan

开都河

Kāi dū Hé

Kaidu River, Xinjiang

开酒费

kāi jiŭ fèi

corkage fee

开释

kāi shì

to release (a prisoner)

开金

kāi jīn

carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)

开销

kāi xiāo

expenses

开锅

kāi guō

a pot boils

开锁

kāi suŏ

to unlock

开镰

kāi lián

to start the harvest

开锣

kāi luó

to beat the gong to open a performance

开锣喝道

kāi luó hè dào

to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)

开钻

kāi zuān

to start drilling

开凿

kāi záo

to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

开门

kāi mén

open (the) door

开门揖盗

kāi mén yī dào

leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand

开门炮

kāi mén pào

firecrackers to open the door on the New Year

开门红

kāi mén hóng

a good beginning

开门见山

kāi mén jiàn shān

lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)

开闭幕式

kāi bì mù shì

opening and closing ceremonies

开间

kāi jiān

alcove

开阔

kāi kuò

wide

开关

kāi guān

power switch

开辟

kāi pì

to open up

开辟者

kāi pì zhĕ

pioneer

开除

kāi chú

to expel

开除学籍

kāi chú xué jí

to expel from school

开除党籍

kāi chú dăng jí

to expel from party membership

开除党籍，行政开除

kāi chú dăng jí , xíng zhèng kāi chú

double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption)

开阳

Kāi yáng

zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper

开阳县

Kāi yáng xiàn

Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì yáng], Guizhou

开集

kāi jí

open set (math.)

开霁

kāi jì

to clear up (of weather)

开革

kāi gé

to fire

开头

kāi tóu

beginning

开颜

kāi yán

to smile

开饭

kāi fàn

to serve a meal

开高叉

kāi gāo chā

slit dress

开鲁

Kāi lŭ

Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia

开鲁县

Kāi lŭ xiàn

Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽[Tōng liáo], Inner Mongolia

开麦拉

kāi mài lā

camera (loanword)

开黑店

kāi hēi diàn

lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction)

开斋

kāi zhāi

to stop following a vegetarian diet

开斋节

Kāi zhāi jié

Eid ul-Fitr (Islam)

闶

kāng

in 閌閬, open space in a structure

闳

Hóng

surname Hong