开 (開) kāi
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kāi
verb
to open
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 开通 (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 1; GHC '开' 2; NCCED 1 '开' 1) -
kāi
proper noun
Kai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Name 名字
Notes: (ABC 'kāi' 开 n 2; GHC '开' 10) -
kāi
verb
to hold an event
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 开会 'to have a meeting' (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 9; GHC '开' 7; NCCED 1 '开' 12) -
kāi
verb
to drive; to operate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 开车 'drive a car' (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 6; NCCED 1 '开' 3) -
kāi
verb
to boil
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Temperature
Notes: For example, 开水 'boil water' (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 13; NCCED 1 '开' 16) -
kāi
verb
to melt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Temperature
Notes: (NCCED 1 '开' 7) -
kāi
verb
to come loose; to break open
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 4; NCCED 1 '开' 6) -
kāi
verb
to depart; to move
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (GHC '开' 6) -
kāi
verb
to write
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: Such as, to write a prescription, a check, etc (NCCED 1 '开' 13) -
kāi
verb
to issue
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: For example, 开工资 'to issue wages' (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 15; NCCED 1 '开' 15) -
kāi
verb
to lift restrictions
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (NCCED 1 '开' 9) -
kāi
verb
indicates expansion or continuation of a process
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used after a verb or an adjective (NCCED 3 '开' 2) -
kāi
verb
to switch on
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in switch on machinery or a light (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 4; NCCED 1 '开' 2) -
kāi
verb
to run; to set up
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Administration
Notes: As in run a company， in the sense of 建立 'to establish' (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 8; GHC '开' 3; NCCED 1 '开' 11) -
kāi
verb
to fire
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Administration
Notes: As in fire an employee (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 14; NCCED 1 '开' 17) -
kāi
verb
to eat
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 16; NCCED 1 '开' 18) -
kāi
verb
to clear
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
Notes: Of weather (NCCED 1 '开' 19) -
kāi
verb
to divide
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 分开 (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 10; GHC '开' 8; NCCED 1 '开' 20) -
kāi
noun
a division of standard size paper
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Writing
Notes: (ABC 'kāi' 开 n 1; NCCED 1 '开' 21) -
kāi
measure word
carat
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Jewelry
Notes: (ABC 'kāi' 开 n 3; NCCED 2 '开' 1) -
kāi
measure word
Kelvin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Temperature
Notes: A measure of temperature, abbreviation for 开尔文 (NCCED 2 '开' 2) -
kāi
adverb
complement of result
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Often acts as a complement of result expressing that the preceding verb acheives the result of opening or moving something from its original position. For example, 打开、解开等 (ABC 'kāi' 开 ad 1; NCCED 3 '开' 1) -
kāi
verb
to develop land; to reclaim land
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 开发地 'to develop land' (ABC 'kāi' 开 v 2; GHC '开' 4; NCCED 1 '开' 8) -
kāi
verb
to reveal; to display
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 展示 (GHC '开' 5) -
kāi
verb
to inspire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 启发 (GHC '开' 6) -
kāi
verb
open
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pariphulla, or: bheda, Japanese: kai (BCSD '開', p. 1197; DJBT '靈', p. 429; MW 'pariphulla')
Contained in
- 打开心眼(打開心眼) Opening the Mind's Eye
- 佛说开觉自性般若波罗蜜多心经(佛說開覺自性般若波羅蜜多經) Pancasatika Prajnaparamita Sutra; Foshuo Kai Jue Zixing Boreboluomiduo Jing
- 开优美(開優美) kāvya
- 心志开展(心志開展) Soaring Aspirations
- 开元宗(開元宗) Kaiyuan School
- 开戒(開戒) to initiate a novice
- 天开美景风云静 春到人间气象新(天開美景風雲靜 春到人間氣象新) Beneath an open sky, beautiful vistas and calm clouds; Upon Spring fresh and new opportunities of life.
- 花开四季，耕耘心田 Cultivate a Heart that Blooms in All Seasons
- 静地禅坐颐养身心 海边散步开阔胸怀 树下小憩清凉自在 道路行走注意安全 居家团聚天伦之乐 月下沉思反省改过 心中有佛明心见性 人间修行与人为善(靜地禪坐頤養身心 海邊散步開闊胸懷 樹下小憩清涼自在 道路行走注意安全 居家團聚天倫之樂 月下沉思反省改過 心中有佛明心見性 人間修行與人為善) Nurture the body and mind in silent meditation. Broaden your mind by taking strolls along the beach. Stay calm and at peace when resting under trees. Be careful and safe when crossing roads. Enjoy time together with family at home. Reflect in the moonlight to amend your mistakes. Be mindful of the Buddha to discover your true nature. The cultivation of life is to be kind to others.
- 一切秘密精要开显(一切祕密精要開顯) Ngak rim chenmo; Great Exposition of the Stages of Mantra
- 开元寺(開元寺) Kai Yuan Temple
- 梅花开五福 竹叶报三多(梅花開五福 竹葉報三多) Plum blossoms bloom into the Five Fortunes; Bamboo leaves share revelations of the Three Abundances.
- 开眼界(開眼界) broaden, expand one's horizons ; to broaden one's views
- 长养菩提树 开启智慧门(長養菩提樹 開啟智慧門) Nurture the Bodhi Tree; Open the door to wisdom.
Also contained in
心胸开阔 、 开高叉 、 眉开眼笑 、 开元盛世 、 开放社会 、 开颜 、 米开朗基罗 、 开炮 、 开杆 、 开场 、 开关 、 除开 、 敞开儿 、 开平 、 开诚相见 、 拨开 、 开玩笑 、 开吊 、 倒开 、 开伯尔山口 、 开弓不放箭 、 开除学籍 、 开春 、 茅塞顿开 、 开敞 、 开路 、 劈开 、 开发 、 开金 、 开放源码 、 开胃菜 、 重新开机 、 开初 、 截开 、 开荒 、 开筵 、 开窍
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 572
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 345
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 233
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 131
- Scroll 5 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 113
- Scroll 10 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 111
- Scroll 9 Da Ban Niepan Jing Shu 大般涅槃經疏 — count: 107
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 106
- Scroll 3 Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記 — count: 103
- Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 103
Collocations
- 开意 (開意) 心開意悟 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 16
- 钳开 (鉗開) 即以鐵鉗開彼等口 — Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
- 开二百 (開二百) 令水自開二百由旬 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 8
- 疮开 (瘡開) 爪擿瘡開 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 8
- 开仰 (開仰) 開仰 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 7
- 开四百 (開四百) 水為之開四百由旬 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
- 开疮 (開瘡) 便以利刀而為開瘡 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
- 开觉 (開覺) 於未來世開覺聲聞而為說法 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
- 谓开 (謂開) 謂開 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
- 门开 (門開) 久乃門開 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5