展 zhǎn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
展开
zhǎnkāi
to unfold; to begin
Characters in this word
开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请展开地图。 Qǐng zhǎnkāi dìtú. Please unfold the map.
- 故事展开了。 Gùshi zhǎnkāi le. The story begins to unfold.
- 我们展开讨论。 Wǒmen zhǎnkāi tǎolùn. We begin a discussion.
Related words
- 发展 fāzhǎn to develop
- 进展 jìnzhǎn progress; development
- 开展 kāizhǎn to carry out; to develop
- 扩展 kuòzhǎn to expand; to extend
- 展览 zhǎnlǎn exhibition
- 展示 zhǎnshì to show
- 展现 zhǎnxiàn to show; to reveal
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke