kāi

HSK 1Character

Traditional

Radical

Usage Frequency

Moderate

Characters

1

English Definitions

  • 1.to open (transitive or intransitive)
  • 2.(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  • 3.to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  • 4.to boil
  • 5.to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  • 6.(directional complement) away; off
  • 7.carat (gold)
  • 8.abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文
  • 9.abbr. for 开本, book format

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Pronunciation Systems

Pinyin

kāi

Pinyin (Numeric)

kai1

Wade-Giles

k'ai¹

Bopomofo (Zhuyin)

ㄎㄞ

Gwoyeu Romatzyh

kai

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