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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 / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
to hold a meeting / to attend a meeting
HSK 1
to drive a car
HSK 1
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
HSK 1
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb
HSK 2
to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show
HSK 2
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality
HSK 3
to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
HSK 3
to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)
HSK 3
to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open
HSK 3
to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
HSK 4
to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
HSK 5
opening ceremony
HSK 5
beginning / to start
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
to initiate; to start; to found
HSK 6
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)
HSK 6
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
wide / open (spaces) / to open up
HSK 7-9
to open / to start / (computing) to enable
HSK 7-9
to clear a wild area for cultivation / to put under the plow
HSK 7-9
to open one's mouth / to start to talk
HSK 7-9
to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event
HSK 7-9
expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔,項|项) / to spend money / (coll.) to pay wages
HSK 7-9
to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job
HSK 7-9
to open up / to set up / to establish
HSK 7-9
spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree
HSK 7-9
to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up
HSK 7-9
to open a business / first transaction of a business day
HSK 7-9
to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee)
HSK 7-9
to open fire / to shoot a gun
HSK 7-9
to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)
HSK 7-9
development zone
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine
HSK 7-9
prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
HSK 7-9
to instruct (novices); to preach; to teach; to reveal
to turn on the light
to open shop
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
to open an account (bank etc)
(Islam) Eid al-Fitr, festival that marks the end of Ramadan
opening (chess etc) / early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
school begins / give a course / teach a subject
to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons
to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
open-minded
(a peacock) spreads its tail
to announce the winners in a lottery
to begin a lecture / to start on a story
Kaiping, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門市|江门市, Guangdong
to begin a (judicial) court session
(of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack
to commence trading (stock market)
(of a sports competition or match) to commence / (of a war or battle) to break out / to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera) / to brawl / to come to blows
(agriculture) to begin sowing / (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting / (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program)
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
to quote a price / seller's first offer
(of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading / to make the first transaction of the day
to unlock
open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
to bill / to open a tab
to found a state / to open a closed country
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
to open (sth that has been sealed)
pistachio nuts / fig. amusing person
to start a war / to make war / to battle against
to clear the way
unboxing / to unbox
lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom) / fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out / to start digging
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭, Liaoning
start / beginning
to open up land (for agriculture)
to broaden one's horizons
Kailu county in Tongliao 通遼|通辽, Inner Mongolia
to start a match / the kick-off
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开)
Cairo, capital of Egypt
to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)
(old) (of a child) to begin schooling
to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit
to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market)
Cayman Islands
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)
enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment
to start providing food / to open today's service in a canteen
beginning of spring / the lunar New Year

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