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
开除
kāichú
to dismiss; to expel
Characters in this word
除 chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 余 surplus, remainder
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学校决定开除涉事学生，但同时要求辅导员跟进其心理状况。 Xuéxiào juédìng kāichú shèshì xuéshēng, dàn tóngshí yāoqiú fǔdǎoyuán gēnjìn qí xīnlǐ zhuàngkuàng. The school decided to expel the student involved, while also requiring a counsellor to follow up on his psychological condition.
- 公司因为他多次迟到而决定开除他。 Gōngsī yīnwèi tā duō cì chídào ér juédìng kāichú tā. The company decided to fire him because he was late many times.
- 学生作弊被发现，学校可能会开除他。 Xuésheng zuòbì bèi fāxiàn, xuéxiào kěnéng huì kāichú tā. If a student is caught cheating, the school may expel him.
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