Chinese Character 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)
開 / 开
This character was last edited on 10th May 2008
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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 開心果 hoi1 sam1 gwo2 kai1 xin1 guo3 = pistachio 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 234 compounds
Showing 10 of 16 examples containing 開我唔開心。粵 edit I am not happy. 好開心識到你. 粵 edit Nice to meet you. [(lit.) Very happy to have met you.] 你可唔可以同我開一開個風扇呀？粵 edit Can you please turn on the fan for me? 我一見到我父母就好開心。粵 edit I am very happy upon seeing my parents. 我住開東區粵 edit I've been living in the East End 他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。國 edit His reputation has already begun to spread. 行開啦,煩人! 粵 edit Beat it, you're troublesome! 間房係專門用嚟開會嘅。粵 edit The room is given over to meetings. 緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵 edit 佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵 edit Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment. Show all 16 examples

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Decimal representation of this word: 開
Unicode code for this character: U+958b (off-site link)

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