開 (hoi1 | kai1) : open

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開

hoi1

kai1

[1] [v] open (door, bottle, etc) [2] [v] turn on; switch on [3] [v] drive; operate [4] [v] depart; leave; start [5] [v] set up; run [6] [v] hold (meeting, exhibition, etc) [7] [v] write out; make a list of [8] [adv] aside; apart; away [9] [粵] verb particle marking habitual aspect

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#169)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

開 / 开

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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開心 hoi1 sam1 kai1 xin1 = happy

開花 hoi1 faa1 kai1 hua1 = to bloom, to blossom

開學 hoi1 hok6 kai1 xue2 = to start school

開始 hoi1 ci2 kai1 shi3 = to start

開車 hoi1 ce1 kai1 che1 = to start/drive a car

開玩笑 hoi1 waan4 siu3 kai1 wan2 xiao4 = play a joke on someone; to joke

開心果 hoi1 sam1 gwo2 kai1 xin1 guo3 = pistachio; [粵]: a metaphor for a happy person

分開 fan1 hoi1 fen1 kai1 = to divide; to separate

走開 zau2 hoi1 zou3 kai1 = go away; leave

離開 lei4 hoi1 li2 kai1 = to leave; to depart; to separate
See all 291 compounds (CantoDict reports 313 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 35 examples containing 開

我唔開心。粵
I am not happy.

好開心識到你. 粵
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]

開英文台 ?
Turn on English radio.
[Lit. Open English channel. [台 is an abbreviation of 電台.]]

你仲開心過我粵
You're even happier than me.
[Lit. You even happy surpass me.]

你可唔可以同我開一開個風扇呀？粵
Can you please turn on the fan for me?

我一見到我父母就好開心。粵
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.

行開啦,煩人! 粵
Beat it, you're troublesome!

我住開東區粵
I've been living in the East End

大熱天時開冷氣真舒服。粵
It is so comfortable to have the air-contioner on during hot days.

當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]

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