开花衣 kāihuāyī to open a bale of cotton Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 开 開 kāi verbparticle to open to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open花 huā noun cotton cotton; cotton fiber衣 yī coating (bound form) a coating or covering over an object, such as a sugar coating or book jacket