HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1
Correct

/ kāi /
Strokes

Definition

to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (a vehicle)/carat (gold)/abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文[kāi ěr wén]/abbr. for 开本[kāi běn], book format

Example

As a Verb

open

1
Zài
kāi
píng
jiǔ
  

Let's crack another bottle.

2
Suǒ
kāi
  

The lock won't open.

3
Mén
kāi
zhāo
  

The door is open.

4
Zài
qiángshàng
墙上
kāi
dòng

make a hole in the wall

5
Kāi
guàntou
罐头
  
/
píng

open a can/bottle

6
Kāi
chuānghu
窗户

open a window

As a Verb

turn on; switch on; be on

7
Diànshì
电视机
kāi
zhāo
  

The TV is on.

8
Kāi
diàndēng
电灯
  
/
diànshì
电视
  
/
kōngtiáo
空调

turn/switch on the light/TV/air conditioner

As a Verb

(of machines, vehicles, etc) drive; operate

9
Kāi
chē
汽车

drive a car

10
Kāi
fēi
飞机

fly/pilot an airplane

11
Kāi
机器

operate/run a machine

12
Kāi
diàn
电梯

operate a lift

13
Kāichuán
开船

sail a ship

As a Verb

(of vehicles) depart; leave; move; start

14
Lúnchuán
轮船
kāizǒu
开走
le
  

The vessel steamed off.

15
Huǒchē
火车
kāijìn
开进
zhàn
le
  

The train pulled/moved in.

16
Bānchē
班车
shénme
什么
shíhou
时候
kāi
  
?

When does the bus start/leave?

As a Verb

open out

17
Huā
kāi
le
  

The flower bloomed.

As a Verb

come loose

18
Xiédài
鞋带
kāi
le
  

The shoe lace came undone.

19
Lǐngdài
领带
kāi
le
  

The tie has come loose.

As a Verb

(of a frozen river) thaw out

20
kāi
le
  

The river is navigable/open now.

As a Verb

open up; reclaim

21
Kāi
yùn
运河

dig a canal

22
Kāi
50
50
shuǐdàotián
水稻田

open up 50 mu of paddy fields

As a Verb

lift (a ban, restriction, etc); put an end to

As a Verb

(of troops, etc) set out

As a Verb

set up; run; start

As a Verb

hold (a meeting, an exhibition, etc)

As a Verb

write out; make a list of; prescribe

As a Verb

begin; start

As a Verb

pay (wages, fares, etc)

As a Verb

boil

As a Verb

fire (an employee); kick out; be fired from one's job

As a Verb

eat up

As a Verb

(of weather) clear up

As a Verb

divide into [used to express a ratio between two things considered as parts of a whole which is 10]

As a Measure word

division of standard size printing paper