开 Traditional: 開
Pinyin IPA [kʰaɪ˥] Zhuyin
HSK 1 verb 动词 Book 1 · Lesson 14 freq #195
Meaning
- verb 动词 to drive
To open, to switch on, or to drive: 开门 (open the door), 开电视 (turn on the TV), 开车 (drive a car). Its opposite for "close/turn off" is 关 (guān).
- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
Examples
| 开电视。 | kāi diàn shì | Turn on the TV. |
| 我会开车。 | wǒ huì kāi chē | I can drive a car. |
| 您会开车吗？ | nín huì kāi chē ma | Can you drive? |
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