开
kāi
HSK 1Character
Traditional
開
Radical
廾
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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