Chinese words starting with 开 (kāi)

308 words.

• 开(kāi)始(shǐ) to begin
• 开(kāi)发(fā) to exploit
• 开(kāi)放(fàng) to bloom
• 开(kāi)展(zhǎn) to launch
• 开(kāi)发(fā)区(qū) development zone
• 开(kāi)国(guó) to found a state
• 开(kāi)辟(pì) to open up
• 开(kāi)创(chuàng) to initiate
• 开(kāi)封(fēng) to open
• 开(kāi)口(kǒu) to open one's mouth
• 开(kāi)采(cǎi) to extract
• 开(kāi)通(tōng) to open
• 开(kāi)会(huì) to hold a meeting
• 开(kāi)拓(tuò) to break new ground
• 开(kāi)支(zhī) expenditures
• 开(kāi)门(mén) to open a door
• 开(kāi)设(shè) to offer
• 开(kāi)工(gōng) to begin work
• 开(kāi)玩(wán)笑(xiào) to play a joke
• 开(kāi)办(bàn) to open
• 开(kāi)业(yè) to open a business
• 开(kāi)幕(mù) to open
• 开(kāi)头(tóu) beginning
• 开(kāi)阔(kuò) wide
• 开(kāi)局(jú) opening
• 开(kāi)车(chē) to drive a car
• 开(kāi)心(xīn) to feel happy
• 开(kāi)除(chú) to expel
• 开(kāi)端(duān) start
• 开(kāi)罗(luó) Cairo, capital of Egypt
• 开(kāi)挖(wā) to dig out
• 开(kāi)启(qǐ) to start
• 开(kāi)花(huā) to bloom
• 开(kāi)元(yuán) Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 tángxuánzōng reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
• 开(kāi)枪(qiāng) to open fire
• 开(kāi)发(fā)商(shāng) developer
• 开(kāi)关(guān) power switch
• 开(kāi)幕(mù)式(shì) opening ceremony
• 开(kāi)凿(záo) to cut
• 开(kāi)水(shuǐ) boiled water
• 开(kāi)明(míng) enlightened
• 开(kāi)胃(wèi) to whet the appetite
• 开(kāi)战(zhàn) to start a war
• 开(kāi)垦(kěn) to clear a wild area for cultivation
• 开(kāi)赴(fù) to depart for
• 开(kāi)朗(lǎng) spacious and well-lit
• 开(kāi)学(xué) to start school
• 开(kāi)场(chǎng)白(bái) prologue of play
• 开(kāi)场(chǎng) to begin
• 开(kāi)幕(mù)词(cí) opening speech
• 开(kāi)往(wǎng) to leave for
• 开(kāi)张(zhāng) to open a business
• 开(kāi)封(fēng)府(fǔ) Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty
• 开(kāi)赛(sài) to start a match
• 开(kāi)销(xiāo) to pay
• 开(kāi)店(diàn) to open shop
• 开(kāi)山(shān) to cut into a mountain
• 开(kāi)导(dǎo) to talk sb round
• 开(kāi)恩(ēn) to give a favor
• 开(kāi)盘(pán) to commence trading
• 开(kāi)门(mén)见(jiàn)山(shān) fig. to get right to the point
• 开(kāi)裂(liè) to split open
• 开(kāi)奖(jiǎng) to announce the winners in a lottery
• 开(kāi)动(dòng) to start
• 开(kāi)普(pǔ)敦(dūn) Cape Town
• 开(kāi)炮(pào) to open fire
• 开(kāi)庭(tíng) to begin a (judicial) court session
• 开(kāi)窍(qiào) to get it straight
• 开(kāi)脱(tuō) to exculpate
• 开(kāi)刀(dāo) to perform an operation
• 开(kāi)行(xíng) (of a bus, a train, a boat) to start off
• 开(kāi)城(chéng) Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
• 开(kāi)机(jī) to start an engine
• 开(kāi)拓(tuò)者(zhě) pioneer
• 开(kāi)火(huǒ) to open fire
• 开(kāi)荒(huāng) to open up land
• 开(kāi)路(lù) to open up a path
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)性(xìng) openness
• 开(kāi)篇(piān) start of literary work
• 开(kāi)化(huà) to become civilized
• 开(kāi)掘(jué) to dig
• 开(kāi)创(chuàng)性(xìng) innovative
• 开(kāi)外(wài) over and above
• 开(kāi)具(jù) to draw up
• 开(kāi)天(tiān)辟(pì)地(dì) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盘古 pángǔ creation myth)
• 开(kāi)道(dào) to clear the way
• 开(kāi)拔(bá) to set out
• 开(kāi)疆(jiāng)拓(tuò)土(tǔ) to expand one's territory
• 开(kāi)走(zǒu) to go
• 开(kāi)源(yuán) to establish additional sources of revenue
• 开(kāi)合(hé) to open and close
• 开(kāi)球(qiú) open ball
• 开(kāi)发(fā)者(zhě) developer
• 开(kāi)怀(huái) to one's heart's content
• 开(kāi)户(hù) to open an account
• 开(kāi)方(fāng) to write out a prescription
• 开(kāi)列(liè) to make
• 开(kāi)船(chuán) to set sail
• 开(kāi)饭(fàn) to start eating
• 开(kāi)春(chūn) beginning of spring
• 开(kāi)打(dǎ) (of a sports competition or match) to commence
• 开(kāi)尔(ěr)文(wén) Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist
• 开(kāi)眼(yǎn) to open one's eyes
• 开(kāi)普(pǔ)勒(lè) Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion
• 开(kāi)卷(juàn) to open a book
• 开(kāi)小(xiǎo)差(chāi) to be absent-minded
• 开(kāi)诚(chéng)布(bù)公(gōng) frank and open-minded
• 开(kāi)价(jià) to quote a price
• 开(kāi)矿(kuàng) to mine
• 开(kāi)立(lì) to set up
• 开(kāi)封(fēng)市(shì) Kaifeng, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省 hénánshěng
• 开(kāi)门(mén)红(hóng) a good beginning
• 开(kāi)花(huā)结(jiē)果(guǒ) to blossom and bear fruit
• 开(kāi)播(bō) to begin sowing
• 开(kāi)拓(tuò)性(xìng) pioneering
• 开(kāi)禁(jìn) to lift a ban
• 开(kāi)发(fā)人(rén)员(yuán) developer
• 开(kāi)屏(píng) spreads its tail
• 开(kāi)阳(yáng) Mizar
• 开(kāi)斋(zhāi)节(jié) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
• 开(kāi)箱(xiāng) unboxing
• 开(kāi)征(zhēng) to start collecting taxes
• 开(kāi)涮(shuàn) to make fun of
• 开(kāi)足(zú)马(mǎ)力(lì) to accelerate at full power
• 开(kāi)河(hé) to open a river
• 开(kāi)单(dān) to bill
• 开(kāi)弓(gōng) to draw a bow
• 开(kāi)腔(qiāng) to speak out
• 开(kāi)敞(chǎng) wide open
• 开(kāi)市(shì) (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading
• 开(kāi)拍(pāi) to begin shooting
• 开(kāi)溜(liū) to leave in stealth
• 开(kāi)释(shì) to release
• 开(kāi)后(hòu)门(mén) to open the back door
• 开(kāi)金(jīn) carated gold
• 开(kāi)源(yuán)节(jié)流(liú) to increase income and save on spending
• 开(kāi)演(yǎn) to begin
• 开(kāi)裆(dāng)裤(kù) open-crotch pants
• 开(kāi)宗(zōng)明(míng)义(yì) to declare at the outset
• 开(kāi)药(yào) to prescribe medicine
• 开(kāi)路(lù)先(xiān)锋(fēng) pioneer
• 开(kāi)间(jiān) unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺 chǐ
• 开(kāi)票(piào) to open ballot boxes
• 开(kāi)襟(jīn) buttoned Chinese tunic
• 开(kāi)课(kè) school begins
• 开(kāi)都(dū)河(hé) Kaidu River, Xinjiang
• 开(kāi)灯(dēng) to turn on the light
• 开(kāi)绿(lǜ)灯(dēng) to give the green light
• 开(kāi)讲(jiǎng) to begin a lecture
• 开(kāi)光(guāng) eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol
• 开(kāi)口(kǒu)子(zi) a dike breaks
• 开(kāi)架(jià) open shelves
• 开(kāi)山(shān)祖(zǔ)师(shī) founding master of a monastery
• 开(kāi)本(běn) book format based on how a full printing sheet is cut or folded
• 开(kāi)江(jiāng)县(xiàn) Kaijiang, a county in Dazhou City 达州市 dázhōushì, Sichuan
• 开(kāi)锣(luó) to beat the gong to open a performance
• 开(kāi)司(sī)米(mǐ) cashmere
• 开(kāi)夜(yè)车(chē) to burn the midnight oil
• 开(kāi)解(jiě) to straighten out
• 开(kāi)锅(guō) to season a wok
• 开(kāi)斋(zhāi) to stop following a vegetarian diet
• 开(kāi)冻(dòng) to thaw
• 开(kāi)黑(hēi)店(diàn) lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests
• 开(kāi)小(xiǎo)灶(zào) to give preferential treatment
• 开(kāi)炉(lú) to open a furnace
• 开(kāi)远(yuǎn)市(shì) Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州 hónghéhānízúyízúzìzhìzhōu, Yunnan
• 开(kāi)心(xīn)果(guǒ) pistachio nuts
• 开(kāi)心(xīn)颜(yán) to rejoice
• 开(kāi)伙(huǒ) to cook meals
• 开(kāi)倒(dào)车(chē) to drive in reverse
• 开(kāi)卷(juàn)有(yǒu)益(yì) the benefits of education
• 开(kāi)示(shì) to instruct
• 开(kāi)阳(yáng)县(xiàn) Kaiyang, a county in Guiyang City 贵阳市 guìyángshì, Guizhou
• 开(kāi)鲁(lǔ)县(xiàn) Kailu, a county in Tongliao City 通辽市 tōngliáoshì, Inner Mongolia
• 开(kāi)原(yuán)市(shì) Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Tieling City 铁岭市 tiělǐngshì, Liaoning
• 开(kāi)山(shān)鼻(bí)祖(zǔ) founder
• 开(kāi)门(mén)揖(yī)盗(dào) leaving the door open invites the thief
• 开(kāi)交(jiāo) to conclude
• 开(kāi)仗(zhàng) to start a war
• 开(kāi)例(lì) to create a precedent
• 开(kāi)先(xiān) at first
• 开(kāi)刃(rèn) to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc
• 开(kāi)区(qū)间(jiān) open interval
• 开(kāi)印(yìn) to start a print run
• 开(kāi)发(fā)周(zhōu)期(qī) development cycle
• 开(kāi)台(tái)锣(luó)鼓(gǔ) opening gong
• 开(kāi)吊(diào) to hold memorial service
• 开(kāi)国(guó)元(yuán)勋(xūn) founding father
• 开(kāi)国(guó)功(gōng)臣(chén) outstanding founding minister
• 开(kāi)地(dì) to clear land
• 开(kāi)埠(bù) to open up a port for trade
• 开(kāi)堂(táng) to open a law court
• 开(kāi)塞(sài)露(lù) glycerin enema
• 开(kāi)幕(mù)典(diǎn)礼(lǐ) opening ceremony
• 开(kāi)平(píng)区(qū) Kaiping, a district of Tangshan City 唐山市 tángshānshì, Hebei
• 开(kāi)悟(wù) to become enlightened
• 开(kāi)戏(xì) to start an opera
• 开(kāi)房(fáng)间(jiān) to rent a room in a hotel
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)源(yuán)码(mǎ) open-source
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)系(xì)统(tǒng) open system
• 开(kāi)旷(kuàng) open and vast
• 开(kāi)映(yìng) to start showing a movie
• 开(kāi)曼(màn)群(qún)岛(dǎo) Cayman Islands
• 开(kāi)步(bù) to step forward
• 开(kāi)满(mǎn) to bloom abundantly
• 开(kāi)瓶(píng)器(qì) bottle opener
• 开(kāi)瓶(píng)费(fèi) corkage fee
• 开(kāi)疆(jiāng) to pioneer a frontier area
• 开(kāi)眼(yǎn)界(jiè) to broaden one's horizons
• 开(kāi)福(fú)区(qū) Kaifu, a district of Changsha City 长沙市 chángshāshì, Hunan
• 开(kāi)站(zhàn) to put a new bus or railway station into operation
• 开(kāi)笔(bǐ) to start learning as a poet
• 开(kāi)筵(yán) to host a banquet
• 开(kāi)线(xiàn) to come unsewn
• 开(kāi)绽(zhàn) to come unsewn
• 开(kāi)罐(guàn)器(qì) can opener
• 开(kāi)罚(fá)单(dān) to issue an infringement notice
• 开(kāi)罪(zuì) to offend sb
• 开(kāi)胃(wèi)菜(cài) starter
• 开(kāi)胃(wèi)酒(jiǔ) aperitif wine
• 开(kāi)胶(jiāo) to come unglued
• 开(kāi)脱(tuō)罪(zuì)责(zé) to absolve sb from guilt
• 开(kāi)脸(liǎn) to remove facial hair and trim hairline
• 开(kāi)苞(bāo) to deflower
• 开(kāi)荤(hūn) to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
• 开(kāi)蒙(méng) (of a child) to begin schooling
• 开(kāi)衩(chà) slit
• 开(kāi)言(yán) to start to speak
• 开(kāi)议(yì) to hold a (business) meeting
• 开(kāi)诚(chéng)相(xiāng)见(jiàn) candid and open
• 开(kāi)账(zhàng) to make out a bill
• 开(kāi)钻(zuān) to start drilling
• 开(kāi)锁(suǒ) to unlock
• 开(kāi)锣(luó)喝(hè)道(dào) to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly
• 开(kāi)镰(lián) to start the harvest
• 开(kāi)除(chú)党(dǎng)籍(jí) to expel from the Party
• 开(kāi)颜(yán) to smile
• 开(kāi)首(shǒu) beginning
• 开(kāi)骂(mà) to start berating sb
• 开(kāi)麦(mài)拉(lā) (loanword) camera
• 开(kāi)化(huà)县(xiàn) Kaihua, a county in Quzhou City 衢州市 qúzhōushì, Zhejiang
• 开(kāi)台(tái) start of play
• 开(kāi)天(tiān)窗(chuāng) to leave a blank to mark censored area
• 开(kāi)平(píng)市(shì) Kaiping, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江门市 jiāngménshì, Guangdong
• 开(kāi)快(kuài)车(chē) to drive at high speed
• 开(kāi)戒(jiè) to end abstinence
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)式(shì)系(xì)统(tǒng) open system
• 开(kāi)杆(gān) to kick off
• 开(kāi)水(shuǐ)壶(hú) kettle
• 开(kāi)犁(lí) to start plowing
• 开(kāi)三(sān)次(cì)方(fāng) to extract a cube root
• 开(kāi)业(yè)大(dà)吉(jí) celebration on opening a business
• 开(kāi)伯(bó)尔(ěr) Khyber province of Pakistan
• 开(kāi)伯(bó)尔(ěr)山(shān)口(kǒu) Khyber pass
• 开(kāi)初(chū) at the outset
• 开(kāi)发(fā)银(yín)行(háng) development bank
• 开(kāi)口(kǒu)成(chéng)脏(zāng) to use foul language
• 开(kāi)吃(chī) to start eating
• 开(kāi)味(wèi) whet the appetite
• 开(kāi)城(chéng)市(shì) Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
• 开(kāi)士(shì)米(mǐ) cashmere
• 开(kāi)壶(hú) to season a new teapot before first use
• 开(kāi)大(dà)油(yóu)门(mén) to open the throttle
• 开(kāi)小(xiǎo)会(huì) to whisper and chat
• 开(kāi)山(shān)刀(dāo) machete
• 开(kāi)州(zhōu)区(qū) Kaizhou, a district of Chongqing 重庆 chóngqìng
• 开(kāi)市(shì)客(kè) Costco
• 开(kāi)年(nián) beginning of a year
• 开(kāi)弓(gōng)不(bù)放(fàng)箭(jiàn) lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow
• 开(kāi)弓(gōng)没(méi)有(yǒu)回(huí)头(tóu)箭(jiàn) lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back
• 开(kāi)挂(guà) to cheat in an online game
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)式(shì)网(wǎng)络(luò) open network
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)源(yuán)码(mǎ)软(ruǎn)件(jiàn) open-source software
• 开(kāi)放(fàng)系(xì)统(tǒng)互(hù)连(lián) open systems interconnection
• 开(kāi)明(míng)君(jūn)主(zhǔ) enlightened sovereign
• 开(kāi)晴(qíng) to brighten up
• 开(kāi)服(fú) to start the servers
• 开(kāi)河(hé)期(qī) thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
• 开(kāi)源(yuán)软(ruǎn)件(jiàn) open-source software
• 开(kāi)漳(zhāng)圣(shèng)王(wáng) Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陈元光 chényuánguāng
• 开(kāi)畅(chàng) happy and carefree
• 开(kāi)皌(mò) to receive condolences
• 开(kāi)盒(hé) to dox
• 开(kāi)盘(pán)汇(huì)率(lǜ) opening exchange rate
• 开(kāi)红(hóng)盘(pán) to open for business for the first time in the New Year
• 开(kāi)罗(luó)大(dà)学(xué) Cairo University
• 开(kāi)考(kǎo) to begin an exam
• 开(kāi)脑(nǎo)洞(dòng) to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
• 开(kāi)膛(táng)手(shǒu)杰(jié)克(kè) Jack the Ripper
• 开(kāi)花(huā)衣(yī) to open a bale of cotton
• 开(kāi)衫(shān) cardigan
• 开(kāi)襟(jīn)衫(shān) cardigan
• 开(kāi)许(xǔ) to allow
• 开(kāi)败(bài) to wither and fall
• 开(kāi)车(chē)人(rén) driver
• 开(kāi)车(chē)族(zú) motorists
• 开(kāi)辟(pì)者(zhě) pioneer
• 开(kāi)运(yùn)竹(zhú) lucky bamboo
• 开(kāi)酒(jiǔ)费(fèi) corkage fee
• 开(kāi)门(mén)杀(shā) dooring
• 开(kāi)门(mén)炮(pào) firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day
• 开(kāi)闭(bì)幕(mù)式(shì) opening and closing ceremonies
• 开(kāi)除(chú)学(xué)籍(jí) to expel from school
• 开(kāi)集(jí) open set
• 开(kāi)霁(jì) to clear up
• 开(kāi)革(gé) to fire
• 开(kāi)高(gāo)叉(chā) slit dress
• 开(kāi)黑(hēi) (online gaming) to team up with friends in a coordinated private group