Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ
Mandarin (Pinyin): kāi
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi1
Definitions:
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)

  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run

  4. to boil

  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)

  6. (directional complement) away; off

  7. carat (gold)

  8. abbr for Kelvin, 開爾文〔开尔文〕[Kai1er3wen2]

  9. abbr for 開本〔开本〕[kai1ben3], book format


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Chinese characters used in this word

open, unfold, unseal, initiate, begin, start
Readings
Mandarin: ㄎㄞ (kāi), ㄑㄧㄢ (qiān)
Cantonese: hoi1
Japanese: カイ (kai) / ひら.く (hiraku)、 ひら.き (hiraki)、 -びら.き (-biraki)、 ひら.ける (hirakeru)、 あ.く (aku)、 あ.ける (akeru)
Korean: 개 (gae)
Vietnamese: khai
Variants
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