敞 chǎng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 尚 still, yet 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
敞开
chǎngkāi
to open wide; openly
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
- 改革不能只停留在口号上，政府应当敞开数据接口，接受社会监督。 Gǎigé bù néng zhǐ tíngliú zài kǒuhào shang, zhèngfǔ yīngdāng chǎngkāi shùjù jiēkǒu, jiēshòu shèhuì jiāndū. Reform cannot remain merely a slogan; the government should open its data interfaces and accept public oversight.
- 夏天晚上，我们把窗户敞开，让凉风吹进来。 Xiàtiān wǎnshang, wǒmen bǎ chuānghu chǎngkāi, ràng liángfēng chuī jìnlai. On summer evenings we open the windows wide to let the cool breeze in.
- 你可以敞开心扉跟我谈，我不会告诉别人。 Nǐ kěyǐ chǎngkāi xīnfēi gēn wǒ tán, wǒ bú huì gàosu biérén. You can open your heart and talk to me; I won't tell anyone.
Related words
- 宽敞 kuānchang spacious; roomy
- 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
- 分开 fēnkāi to separate; to part
- 开机 kāijī to turn on a device
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 开学 kāixué to start school
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away