HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1
Correct

开

/ 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
再
kāi
开
yī
一
píng
瓶
jiǔ
酒
  
。

Let's crack another bottle.

2
Suǒ
锁
dá
打
bù
不
kāi
开
  
。

The lock won't open.

3
Mén
门
kāi
开
zhāo
着
  
。

The door is open.

4
Zài
在
qiángshàng
墙上
kāi
开
gè
个
dòng
洞

make a hole in the wall

5
Kāi
开
guàntou
罐头
  
/
píng
瓶

open a can/bottle

6
Kāi
开
chuānghu
窗户

open a window

As a Verb

turn on; switch on; be on

7
Diànshìjī
电视机
kāi
开
zhāo
着
  
。

The TV is on.

8
Kāi
开
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
开
qìchē
汽车

drive a car

10
Kāi
开
fēijī
飞机

fly/pilot an airplane

11
Kāi
开
jīqì
机器

operate/run a machine

12
Kāi
开
diàntī
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
了
  
。

The vessel steamed off.

15
Huǒchē
火车
kāijìn
开进
zhàn
站
le
了
  
。

The train pulled/moved in.

16
Bānchē
班车
shénme
什么
shíhou
时候
kāi
开
  
?

When does the bus start/leave?

As a Verb

open out

17
Huā
花
kāi
开
le
了
  
。

The flower bloomed.

As a Verb

come loose

18
Xiédài
鞋带
kāi
开
le
了
  
。

The shoe lace came undone.

19
Lǐngdài
领带
kāi
开
le
了
  
。

The tie has come loose.

As a Verb

(of a frozen river) thaw out

20
Hé
河
kāi
开
le
了
  
。

The river is navigable/open now.

As a Verb

open up; reclaim

21
Kāi
开
yùnhé
运河

dig a canal

22
Kāi
开
50
50
mǔ
亩
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