开 in English kai1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to open
  • to start
  • to turn on
  • to boil
  • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice and so on)
  • to operate (a vehicle)
  • carat (gold)
  • abbreviation for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]
  • abbreviation for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Simplified Characters

开

Traditional Characters

開

Pinyin

kai1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

开kai1to open