開
kāi HSK1

open

开 (開) kāi
open verb
to open (transitive or intransitive)

请把门打开。

qǐng bǎ mén dǎ kāi.

Please open the door.

drive verb
to operate or drive a vehicle

他学会开车了。

tā xué​huì kāi chē le.

He has learned how to drive.

operate verb
to turn on, put in operation, operate, or run

他在公司开了个新项目。

tā zài gōng​sī kāi le gè xīn xiàng​mù.

He started a new project at the company.

hold verb
to hold or conduct an event or meeting

我们在学校开个会。

wǒ​men zài xué​xiào kāi gè huì.

We are having a meeting at school.

away verb
used as a directional complement meaning away or off

大家都走开了。

dà​jiā dōu zǒu kāi le.

Everyone has walked away.

issue verb
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)

麻烦给我开一张发票。

má​fan gěi wǒ kāi yī zhāng fā​piào.

Could you please issue an invoice for me?

bloom verb
to bloom or blossom, referring to flowers or leaves opening

春天到了，花儿都开了。

chūn​tiān dào le, huā r dōu kāi le.

Spring is here, and the flowers are in bloom.

depart verb
(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start or depart

火车开了。

huǒ​chē kāi le.

The train has started moving.

boil verb
to reach the boiling point

水还没烧开呢。

shuǐ hái méi shāo kāi ne.

The water hasn't boiled yet.

come apart verb
to become unstitched or unseamed; to come apart at the seams

这件衣服的线开了。

zhè jiàn yī​fu de xiàn kāi le.

The stitching on this garment has come undone.

abbreviation measure word
abbreviation for Kelvin or book format (kaiben)

这本书是十六开的。

zhè běn shū shì shí​liù kāi de.

This book is in 16-mo format.

carat noun
a measure of the purity of gold

这是十八开金的项链。

zhè shì shí​bā kāi jīn de xiàng​liàn.

This is an 18-karat gold necklace.

propose verb
to put forward, propose, or state (a price, condition, or requirement)

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
Simplified
开𫔭
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+958B

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