VocabularyHSK 3 · core

开

kāi

to open, to turn on

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

  1. 请开门。
    Open the door.
  2. 开灯。
    Turn on the light.

Collocations

开门开灯开车

Mnemonic

开 kāi "open / turn on / drive" — traditional 開. Opposite: 关 guān. Polysemous: 开门 (open door), 开灯 (turn on light), 开车 (drive), 开会 (start meeting), 开始 (begin).

Quick check

  1. "To drive a car"?

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