开 kāi HSK1 open Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: to boil All meanings 5,274 kāi 5,274 to start 2,143[away/open] 1,699to open 879to operate 366to set up 93to dismiss 52to hold 47to write out 10to pay 10to reclaim 5to boil 4[opening/continuation] 3carat 1 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 开, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 4 sentences for 开 (kāi — to boil) 去烧一些开水。 qù shāo yīxiē kāi shuǐ. Go boil some water. Source: OpenSubtitles我耐心地等待着,不一会儿,锅里的水就烧开了。 wǒ nàixīn de děngdài zhe, bùyīhuìr, guō li de shuǐ jiù shāo kāi le. I waited patiently, and soon the water in the pot was boiling. Source: CCMatrix养成早晨喝温开水的习惯。 yǎng chéng zǎochen hē wēn kāishuǐ de xíguàn. Make a habit of drinking warm water in the morning. Source: CCMatrix喝点温开水吧。 hē diǎn wēn kāishuǐ ba. Drink some warm water. Source: OpenSubtitles