huá​kāihuà​kāi

to cut open

huá​kāi to cut open

  1. to scratch
    to scratch, cut, or slash the surface of something; to strike a match
  2. kāi verbparticle
    to open
    to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open

huà​kāi to set apart

  1. to delimit
    to divide or mark off a boundary; to differentiate or set apart; to transfer or assign funds or accounts
  2. kāi particle
    [away/open]
    (directional result) used after a verb to indicate moving away, spreading out, or making room, meaning "away" or "off"