kāi​bù

to open a port

kāi​bù to open a port

  1. kāi verbparticle
    to open
    to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open
  2. treaty port
    (historical) a city or port opened to foreign trade, especially during the late Qing dynasty

kāi​bù to build a city

  1. to set up
    to set up; to found; to open (a business, shop, or account)
  2. port city
    (bound form) a city or town with a port; also used generally to refer to any large commercial city or trading port