| 开 | [ kāi ] open, operate (vehicle), start |
| 开办 | [ kāi bàn ] open, start (a business, etc.), set up |
| 开采 | [ kāi cǎi ] (v) extract ore or some other natural resource from a mine |
| 开车 | [ kāi chē ] to drive a car |
| 开车人 | [ kāi chē rén ] driver, person driving a vehicle |
| 开除 | [ kāi chú ] to expel |
| 开除学籍 | [ kāi chú xúe jí ] to expel from school |
| 开创 | [ kāi chùang ] initiate, begin |
| 开刀 | [ kāi dāo ] to perform or have an operation, to operate on or to be operated on |
| 开动 | [ kāi dòng ] start, set in motion, move, march |
| 开端 | [ kāi dūan ] start, beginning |
| 开发 | [ kāi fā ] exploit (a resource), open up (for development), to develop |
| 开发过程 | [ kāi fā gùo chéng ] development process |
| 开发环境 | [ kāi fā húan jìng ] development environment (computer) |
| 开发区 | [ kāi fā qū ] development zone |
| 开发人员 | [ kāi fā rén yúan ] developer |
| 开发周期 | [ kāi fā zhōu qī ] development cycle, development period |
| 开饭 | [ kāi fàn ] serve a meal |
| 开放 | [ kāi fàng ] lift (restrictions), open, to lift a ban, to make open to the public |
| 开放式网络 | [ kāi fàng shì wǎng lùo ] open network |
| 开放式系统 | [ kāi fàng shì xì tǒng ] open system(s) |
| 开放系统 | [ kāi fàng xì tǒng ] open system |
| 开放系统互连 | [ kāi fàng xì tǒng hù lían ] open systems interconnection, OSI |
| 开封 | [ kāi fēng ] (N) Kaifeng (city in Henan) |
| 开封地区 | [ kāi fēng dì qū ] (N) Kaifeng district (district in Henan) |
| 开工 | [ kāi gōng ] (v) begin factory operations; start a construction job |
| 开关 | [ kāi gūan ] power switch |
| 开国元勋 | [ kāi gúo yúan xūn ] founding fathers (of a country) |
| 开化 | [ kāi hùa ] (v) have laws and culture; be civilized |
| 开会 | [ kāi hùi ] have a meeting, be at a meeting, to hold or attend a meeting |
| 开会祈祷 | [ kāi hùi qí dǎo ] invocation |
| 开火 | [ kāi hǔo ] to open fire |
| 开江 | [ kāi jīang ] (N) Kaijiang (place in Sichuan) |
| 开课 | [ kāi kè ] school begins, give a course, teach a subject |
| 开垦 | [ kāi kěn ] (v) put under the plough; clear a wild area for cultivation |
| 开口 | [ kāi kǒu ] open one's mouth, start to talk |
| 开阔 | [ kāi kùo ] wide, open (of spaces) |
| 开朗 | [ kāi lǎng ] (adj) well lit; suddenly become bright and clear, (adj) carefree; without worry |
| 开列 | [ kāi lìe ] (make a) list |
| 开鲁 | [ kāi lǔ ] (N) Kailu (place in Inner Mongolia) |
| 开罗 | [ kāi lúo ] Cairo (capital of Egypt) |
| 开门 | [ kāi mén ] open (the) door |
| 开门见山 | [ kāi mén jìan shān ] to get right to the point, to open the door and see the mountain |
| 开明 | [ kāi míng ] enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment |
| 开幕 | [ kāi mù ] to open (a conference, e.g.), to inaugurate |
| 开幕式 | [ kāi mù shì ] opening ceremony |
| 开拍 | [ kāi pāi ] begin shooting (a film) |
| 开辟 | [ kāi pì ] to open up, to set up, to start, to build |
| 开辟 | [ kāi pì ] (v) open the flow of some stream; start, (v) build a road |
| 开平 | [ kāi píng ] (N) Kaiping (city in Guangdong) |
| 开普敦 | [ kāi pǔ dūn ] Cape Town (city in South Africa) |
| 开普勒 | [ kāi pǔ lè ] (Johannes) Kepler |
| 开启 | [ kāi qǐ ] (v) open |
| 开枪 | [ kāi qīang ] fire a gun |
| 开设 | [ kāi shè ] offer (goods or services), open (for business, etc.) |
| 开始 | [ kāi shǐ ] begin, beginning, start, initial |
| 开始以前 | [ kāi shǐ yǐ qían ] before the beginning (of sth) |
| 开水 | [ kāi shǔi ] boiled water, boiling water |
| 开锁 | [ kāi sǔo ] unlock |
| 开天辟地 | [ kāi tīan pì dì ] (saying) when heaven and earth were split apart in the creation; the beginning of the world |
| 开庭 | [ kāi tíng ] begin a (judicial) court session |
| 开头 | [ kāi tóu ] beginning |
| 开拓 | [ kāi tùo ] (v) bring forth or open up |
| 开拓者 | [ kāi tùo zhě ] pioneer |
| 开玩笑 | [ kāi wán xiào ] to play a joke, to make fun of, to joke |
| 开县 | [ kāi xìan ] (N) Kai county (county in Sichuan) |
| 开小差 | [ kāi xiǎo chāi ] AWOL, Absent With Out Leave, desert the military |
| 开心 | [ kāi xīn ] to feel happy, to have a great time, to make fun of somebody |
| 开心果 | [ kāi xīn gǔo ] pistachio nuts |
| 开学 | [ kāi xúe ] school opens, new term begins |
| 开演 | [ kāi yǎn ] (of a play, movie, etc.) to begin |
| 开眼 | [ kāi yǎn ] (v) begin a performance or movie |
| 开眼界 | [ kāi yǎn jìe ] broaden, expand one's horizons |
| 开阳 | [ kāi yáng ] (N) Kaiyang (place in Guizhou) |
| 开业 | [ kāi yè ] open (for business) |
| 开夜车 | [ kāi yè chē ] burn the midnight oil, work late into the night |
| 开原 | [ kāi yúan ] (N) Kaiyuan (city in Liaoning) |
| 开远 | [ kāi yǔan ] (N) Kaiyuan (city in Yunnan) |
| 开展 | [ kāi zhǎn ] (begin to) develop, unfold , to start, to launch, to open |
| 开战 | [ kāi zhàn ] start a war |
| 开张 | [ kāi zhāng ] open a business, first transaction of a business day |
| 开支 | [ kāi zhī ] expenditures, pay, expenses |
| ⇒ 八开 | [ bā kāi ] octavo |
| ⇒ 掰开 | [ bāi kāi ] (v) pull, pry apart with the hands |
| ⇒ 白开水 | [ bái kāi shǔi ] plain boiled water |
| ⇒ 半公开 | [ bàn gōng kāi ] semi-overt, more or less open |
| ⇒ 保险解开系统 | [ bǎo xǐan jǐe kāi xì tǒng ] arming system |
| ⇒ 避开 | [ bì kāi ] avoid, evade, keep away from |
| ⇒ 遍地开花 | [ bìan dì kāi hūa ] blossom everywhere, spring up all over the place, to flourish on a large scale |
| ⇒ 别开生面 | [ bíe kāi shēng mìan ] start something new or original, break a new path, break fresh ground |
| ⇒ 拨开 | [ bō kāi ] to move aside |
| ⇒ 敞开 | [ chǎng kāi ] (v) open up wide |
| ⇒ 吃不开 | [ chī bu kāi ] be unpopular, won't work |
| ⇒ 重开 | [ chóng kāi ] to reopen |
| ⇒ 重新开始 | [ chóng xīn kāi shǐ ] resume, restart |
| ⇒ 打开 | [ dǎ kāi ] to open, to show (a ticket), to turn on, to switch on |
| ⇒ 放开 | [ fàng kāi ] unleash, release |
| ⇒ 分开 | [ fēn kāi ] to separate, to part |
| ⇒ 封开 | [ fēng kāi ] (N) Fengkai (place in Guangdong) |
| ⇒ 隔开 | [ gé kāi ] to separate |
| ⇒ 公开 | [ gōng kāi ] public |
| ⇒ 公开化 | [ gōng kāi hùa ] to publicize, openness (of government, PRC equivalent of 'glasnost') |
| ⇒ 公开讨论会 | [ gōng kāi tǎo lùn hùi ] open forum |
| ⇒ 公开信 | [ gōng kāi xìn ] open letter |
| ⇒ 公开指责 | [ gōng kāi zhǐ zé ] denounce |
| ⇒ 公开钥匙 | [ gōng kái yào shi ] public key (in encryption) |
| ⇒ 花开 | [ hūa kāi ] bloom |
| ⇒ 豁然开朗 | [ hùo rán kāi lǎng ] suddenly see the light, be suddenly enlightened, open and clear, suddenly become extensive |
| ⇒ 溅开 | [ jìan kāi ] splash |
| ⇒ 解开 | [ jǐe kāi ] to untie, to undo |
| ⇒ 精简开支 | [ jīng jǐan kāi zhī ] to reduce spending, to cut spending |
| ⇒ 锯开 | [ jū kāi ] saw |
| ⇒ 军费开支 | [ jūn fèi kāi zhī ] military spending |
| ⇒ 拉开 | [ lā kāi ] (vt) draw open, pull open |
| ⇒ 离不开 | [ lí bu kāi ] inseparable, inevitably linked to |
| ⇒ 离开 | [ lí kāi ] to depart, to leave |
| ⇒ 离开北京 | [ lí kāi běi jīng ] to leave Beijing, to depart from Beijing |
| ⇒ 离开故乡 | [ lí kāi gù xìang ] to leave one' homeland |
| ⇒ 劈开 | [ pǐ kāi ] cleave |
| ⇒ 让开 | [ ràng kai ] to get out of the way, to step aside |
| ⇒ 软件开发人员 | [ rǔan jìan kāi fā rén yúan ] software developer |
| ⇒ 烧开 | [ shāo kāi ] boil |
| ⇒ 伸开 | [ shēn kāi ] to stretch out |
| ⇒ 盛开 | [ shèng kāi ] (v) be in full flowering |
| ⇒ 松开 | [ sōng kāi ] loose |
| ⇒ 寻开心 | [ xún kāi xīn ] to make fun of |
| ⇒ 展开 | [ zhǎn kāi ] to unfold, to carry out, to be in full swing, to launch |
| ⇒ 张开 | [ zhāng kāi ] stretch |
| ⇒ 召开 | [ zhào kāi ] convene (a conference or meeting), to convoke, to call together |
| ⇒ 召开会议 | [ zhào kāi hùi yì ] to call a conference, to convene a meeting |
| ⇒ 政府机关开放系统互连总则 | [ zhèng fǔ jī gūan kāi fàng xì tǒng hù lían zǒng zé ] Government Open system Interconnection Profile, GOSIP |
| ⇒ 走开 | [ zǒu kāi ] Get out of the way! |
