开拍

kāi pāi · kai pai

Traditional 開拍

Meaning

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  1. to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)
  2. to start the bidding (auction)
  3. to start a trading session (stock market)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)部(bù)新(xīn)电(diàn)影(yǐng)下(xià)个(gè)月(yuè)就(jiù)要(yào)开(kāi)拍(pāi)了(le)。

This new movie is about to start shooting next month.

02

拍(pāi)卖(mài)师(shī)一(yì)敲(qiāo)槌(chuí),全(quán)场(chǎng)就(jiù)正(zhèng)式(shì)开(kāi)拍(pāi)。

As soon as the auctioneer struck the gavel, the bidding officially began.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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