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
开场
kāichǎng
to begin; opening
Characters in this word
场 chǎng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 音乐会一开场，全场观众就安静下来。 Yīnyuèhuì yì kāichǎng, quánchǎng guānzhòng jiù ānjìng xiàlai. As soon as the concert began, the whole audience fell silent.
- 这部电影的开场非常精彩，一下子吸引了大家。 Zhè bù diànyǐng de kāichǎng fēicháng jīngcǎi, yíxiàzi xīyǐn le dàjiā. The opening of this film is brilliant and immediately drew everyone in.
- 比赛开场不到五分钟，客队就进了一个球。 Bǐsài kāichǎng bú dào wǔ fēnzhōng, kèduì jiù jìn le yí ge qiú. Less than five minutes into the match, the away team scored a goal.
Related words
- 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
- 公开 gōngkāi public; open