Chinese–EnglishWith examples
开
kāi · kai
Traditional 開
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- 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
In a sentence
2 examples01
医生给他的病人开了一些药。
The physician prescribed his patient some medicine.
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02
请把窗户开一下，屋里太闷了。
Please open the window a bit; it's too stuffy inside.
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