开
kāi HSK1

open

开 開 kāi
to start verb
to begin; to start; to set in motion; to initiate (an action, term, or schedule)

巴士马上要开了。

bā​shì mǎ​shàng yào kāi le.

The bus is leaving soon.

[away/open] particle
(directional result) used after a verb to indicate moving away, spreading out, or making room, meaning "away" or "off"

我从她身边跑开了。

wǒ cóng tā shēn​biān pǎo kāi le.

I ran away from her.

to open verbparticle
to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open

我们需要他把门打开。

wǒ​men xū​yào tā bǎ mén dǎ kāi.

We need him to open the door.

她开了一瓶酒。

tā kāi le yī píng jiǔ.

She opened a bottle of wine.

to operate verb
to drive; to pilot; to operate (machinery); to turn on (a light, appliance, or water)

可以不要开这台车吗？

kě​yǐ bù​yào kāi zhè tái chē ma?

Can we not drive this car?

她甚至学习用脚开飞机。

tā shèn​zhì xué​xí yòng jiǎo kāi fēi​jī.

She even learned how to fly a plane with her feet.

to set up verb
to set up; to found; to open (a business, shop, or account)

我开了一家企业。

wǒ kāi le yī​jiā qǐ​yè.

I started a business.

我们应该开个俱乐部。

wǒ​men yīng​gāi kāi ge jù​lè​bù.

We should start a club.

to dismiss verb
to dismiss; to fire; to expel
to hold verb
to hold or conduct (a meeting, event, or exhibition)

我认为我们该开个派对。

wǒ rèn​wéi wǒ​men gāi kāi ge pài​duì.

I think we should have a party.

会议开完了吗？

huì​yì kāi wán le ma?

Is the meeting over?

to write out verb
to write out; to issue (a receipt, check, prescription, or invoice); to list

我给你开个30天的处方。

wǒ gěi nǐ kāi ge30 tiān de chǔ​fāng.

I'll write you a 30-day prescription.

是谁开的支票？

shì shéi kāi de zhī​piào?

Who wrote the check?

to pay noun
to pay (wages, expenses, or costs)
to reclaim verbnoun
to reclaim (wasteland); to open up (land for cultivation); to develop (resources)
to boil nounparticle
to boil (of liquids)
[opening/continuation] particleverb
(directional result) used after a verb to indicate the start and continuation of an action
carat noun
(unit of weight) carat; gold purity unit based on 24 parts
[paper size]
(unit of measurement) size of a book page or paper, indicating a fraction of a full sheet
kelvin
(abbreviation) kelvin (unit of temperature)
surname
a Chinese surname
ratio
used between digits to express a ratio between the two parts (e.g. 三七开 sān​qī​kāi for 3:7)
to lift
to lift or remove (a ban, restriction, or prohibition)

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Frequency
Character
Written text
94th most common 1948.3 per million
Movie subtitles
65th most common 2707.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
816.2 per million appears in 91% of films
Written text
422.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
開
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5F00

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)