| 開 | [ kaī ] open, operate (vehicle), start |
| 開辦 | [ kaī bàn ] open, start (a business, etc.), set up |
| 開採 | [ kaī caǐ ] (v) extract ore or some other natural resource from a mine |
| 開車 | [ kaī chē ] to drive a car |
| 開車人 | [ kaī chē rén ] driver, person driving a vehicle |
| 開除 | [ kaī chú ] to expel |
| 開除學籍 | [ kaī chú xué jí ] to expel from school |
| 開創 | [ kaī chuàng ] initiate, begin |
| 開刀 | [ kaī daō ] to perform or have an operation, to operate on or to be operated on |
| 開動 | [ kaī dòng ] start, set in motion, move, march |
| 開端 | [ kaī duān ] start, beginning |
| 開發 | [ kaī fā ] exploit (a resource), open up (for development), to develop |
| 開發過程 | [ kaī fā guò chéng ] development process |
| 開發環境 | [ kaī fā huán jìng ] development environment (computer) |
| 開發區 | [ kaī fā qū ] development zone |
| 開發人員 | [ kaī fā rén yuán ] developer |
| 開發週期 | [ kaī fā zhoū qī ] development cycle, development period |
| 開飯 | [ kaī fàn ] serve a meal |
| 開放 | [ kaī fàng ] lift (restrictions), open, to lift a ban, to make open to the public |
| 開放式網絡 | [ kaī fàng shì wǎng luò ] open network |
| 開放式系統 | [ kaī fàng shì xì tǒng ] open system(s) |
| 開放系統 | [ kaī fàng xì tǒng ] open system |
| 開放系統互連 | [ kaī fàng xì tǒng hù lián ] open systems interconnection, OSI |
| 開封 | [ kaī fēng ] (N) Kaifeng (city in Henan) |
| 開封地區 | [ kaī fēng dì qū ] (N) Kaifeng district (district in Henan) |
| 開工 | [ kaī gōng ] (v) begin factory operations; start a construction job |
| 開關 | [ kaī guān ] power switch |
| 開國元勛 | [ kaī guó yuán xūn ] founding fathers (of a country) |
| 開化 | [ kaī huà ] (v) have laws and culture; be civilized |
| 開會 | [ kaī huì ] have a meeting, be at a meeting, to hold or attend a meeting |
| 開會祈禱 | [ kaī huì qí daǒ ] invocation |
| 開火 | [ kaī huǒ ] to open fire |
| 開江 | [ kaī jiāng ] (N) Kaijiang (place in Sichuan) |
| 開課 | [ kaī kè ] school begins, give a course, teach a subject |
| 開墾 | [ kaī kěn ] (v) put under the plough; clear a wild area for cultivation |
| 開口 | [ kaī koǔ ] open one's mouth, start to talk |
| 開闊 | [ kaī kuò ] wide, open (of spaces) |
| 開朗 | [ kaī lǎng ] (adj) well lit; suddenly become bright and clear, (adj) carefree; without worry |
| 開列 | [ kaī liè ] (make a) list |
| 開魯 | [ kaī lǔ ] (N) Kailu (place in Inner Mongolia) |
| 開羅 | [ kaī luó ] Cairo (capital of Egypt) |
| 開門 | [ kaī mén ] open (the) door |
| 開門見山 | [ kaī mén jiàn shān ] to get right to the point, to open the door and see the mountain |
| 開明 | [ kaī míng ] enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment |
| 開幕 | [ kaī mù ] to open (a conference, e.g.), to inaugurate |
| 開幕式 | [ kaī mù shì ] opening ceremony |
| 開拍 | [ kaī paī ] begin shooting (a film) |
| 開辟 | [ kaī pì ] to open up, to set up, to start, to build |
| 開闢 | [ kaī pì ] (v) open the flow of some stream; start, (v) build a road |
| 開平 | [ kaī píng ] (N) Kaiping (city in Guangdong) |
| 開普敦 | [ kaī pǔ dūn ] Cape Town (city in South Africa) |
| 開普勒 | [ kaī pǔ lè ] (Johannes) Kepler |
| 開啟 | [ kaī qǐ ] (v) open |
| 開槍 | [ kaī qiāng ] fire a gun |
| 開設 | [ kaī shè ] offer (goods or services), open (for business, etc.) |
| 開始 | [ kaī shǐ ] begin, beginning, start, initial |
| 開始以前 | [ kaī shǐ yǐ qián ] before the beginning (of sth) |
| 開水 | [ kaī shuǐ ] boiled water, boiling water |
| 開鎖 | [ kaī suǒ ] unlock |
| 開天闢地 | [ kaī tiān pì dì ] (saying) when heaven and earth were split apart in the creation; the beginning of the world |
| 開庭 | [ kaī tíng ] begin a (judicial) court session |
| 開頭 | [ kaī toú ] beginning |
| 開拓 | [ kaī tuò ] (v) bring forth or open up |
| 開拓者 | [ kaī tuò zhě ] pioneer |
| 開玩笑 | [ kaī wán xiào ] to play a joke, to make fun of, to joke |
| 開縣 | [ kaī xiàn ] (N) Kai county (county in Sichuan) |
| 開小差 | [ kaī xiǎo chaī ] AWOL, Absent With Out Leave, desert the military |
| 開心 | [ kaī xīn ] to feel happy, to have a great time, to make fun of somebody |
| 開心果 | [ kaī xīn guǒ ] pistachio nuts |
| 開學 | [ kaī xué ] school opens, new term begins |
| 開演 | [ kaī yǎn ] (of a play, movie, etc.) to begin |
| 開眼 | [ kaī yǎn ] (v) begin a performance or movie |
| 開眼界 | [ kaī yǎn jiè ] broaden, expand one's horizons |
| 開陽 | [ kaī yáng ] (N) Kaiyang (place in Guizhou) |
| 開業 | [ kaī yè ] open (for business) |
| 開夜車 | [ kaī yè chē ] burn the midnight oil, work late into the night |
| 開原 | [ kaī yuán ] (N) Kaiyuan (city in Liaoning) |
| 開遠 | [ kaī yuǎn ] (N) Kaiyuan (city in Yunnan) |
| 開展 | [ kaī zhǎn ] (begin to) develop, unfold , to start, to launch, to open |
| 開戰 | [ kaī zhàn ] start a war |
| 開張 | [ kaī zhāng ] open a business, first transaction of a business day |
| 開支 | [ kaī zhī ] expenditures, pay, expenses |
| ⇒ 八開 | [ bā kaī ] octavo |
| ⇒ 掰開 | [ baī kaī ] (v) pull, pry apart with the hands |
| ⇒ 白開水 | [ baí kaī shuǐ ] plain boiled water |
| ⇒ 半公開 | [ bàn gōng kaī ] semi-overt, more or less open |
| ⇒ 保險解開系統 | [ baǒ xiǎn jiě kaī xì tǒng ] arming system |
| ⇒ 避開 | [ bì kaī ] avoid, evade, keep away from |
| ⇒ 遍地開花 | [ biàn dì kaī huā ] blossom everywhere, spring up all over the place, to flourish on a large scale |
| ⇒ 別開生面 | [ bié kaī shēng miàn ] start something new or original, break a new path, break fresh ground |
| ⇒ 撥開 | [ bō kaī ] to move aside |
| ⇒ 敞開 | [ chǎng kaī ] (v) open up wide |
| ⇒ 吃不開 | [ chī bu kaī ] be unpopular, won't work |
| ⇒ 重開 | [ chóng kaī ] to reopen |
| ⇒ 重新開始 | [ chóng xīn kaī shǐ ] resume, restart |
| ⇒ 打開 | [ dǎ kaī ] to open, to show (a ticket), to turn on, to switch on |
| ⇒ 放開 | [ fàng kaī ] unleash, release |
| ⇒ 分開 | [ fēn kaī ] to separate, to part |
| ⇒ 封開 | [ fēng kaī ] (N) Fengkai (place in Guangdong) |
| ⇒ 隔開 | [ gé kaī ] to separate |
| ⇒ 公開 | [ gōng kaī ] public |
| ⇒ 公開化 | [ gōng kaī huà ] to publicize, openness (of government, PRC equivalent of 'glasnost') |
| ⇒ 公開討論會 | [ gōng kaī taǒ lùn huì ] open forum |
| ⇒ 公開信 | [ gōng kaī xìn ] open letter |
| ⇒ 公開指責 | [ gōng kaī zhǐ zé ] denounce |
| ⇒ 公開鑰匙 | [ gōng kaí yaò shi ] public key (in encryption) |
| ⇒ 花開 | [ huā kaī ] bloom |
| ⇒ 豁然開朗 | [ huò rán kaī lǎng ] suddenly see the light, be suddenly enlightened, open and clear, suddenly become extensive |
| ⇒ 濺開 | [ jiàn kaī ] splash |
| ⇒ 解開 | [ jiě kaī ] to untie, to undo |
| ⇒ 精簡開支 | [ jīng jiǎn kaī zhī ] to reduce spending, to cut spending |
| ⇒ 鋸開 | [ jū kaī ] saw |
| ⇒ 軍費開支 | [ jūn feì kaī zhī ] military spending |
| ⇒ 拉開 | [ lā kaī ] (vt) draw open, pull open |
| ⇒ 離不開 | [ lí bu kaī ] inseparable, inevitably linked to |
| ⇒ 離開 | [ lí kaī ] to depart, to leave |
| ⇒ 離開北京 | [ lí kaī beǐ jīng ] to leave Beijing, to depart from Beijing |
| ⇒ 離開故鄉 | [ lí kaī gù xiàng ] to leave one' homeland |
| ⇒ 劈開 | [ pǐ kaī ] cleave |
| ⇒ 讓開 | [ ràng kai ] to get out of the way, to step aside |
| ⇒ 軟件開發人員 | [ ruǎn jiàn kaī fā rén yuán ] software developer |
| ⇒ 燒開 | [ shaō kaī ] boil |
| ⇒ 伸開 | [ shēn kaī ] to stretch out |
| ⇒ 盛開 | [ shèng kaī ] (v) be in full flowering |
| ⇒ 鬆開 | [ sōng kaī ] loose |
| ⇒ 尋開心 | [ xún kaī xīn ] to make fun of |
| ⇒ 展開 | [ zhǎn kaī ] to unfold, to carry out, to be in full swing, to launch |
| ⇒ 張開 | [ zhāng kaī ] stretch |
| ⇒ 召開 | [ zhaò kaī ] convene (a conference or meeting), to convoke, to call together |
| ⇒ 召開會議 | [ zhaò kaī huì yì ] to call a conference, to convene a meeting |
| ⇒ 政府機關開放系統互連總則 | [ zhèng fǔ jī guān kaī fàng xì tǒng hù lián zǒng zé ] Government Open system Interconnection Profile, GOSIP |
| ⇒ 走開 | [ zoǔ kaī ] Get out of the way! |