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
开张
kāizhāng
to open for business
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 新书店还没正式开张，橱窗里的展陈就吸引了不少路人。 Xīn shūdiàn hái méi zhèngshì kāizhāng, chúchuāng lǐ de zhǎnchén jiù xīyǐn le bù shǎo lùrén. Before the new bookshop had officially opened, the display in its window had already attracted many passers-by.
- 街角的小面馆明天就要开张了。 Jiējiǎo de xiǎo miànguǎn míngtiān jiù yào kāizhāng le. The little noodle shop on the corner opens for business tomorrow.
- 开张第一天，老板娘笑得合不拢嘴。 Kāizhāng dì yī tiān, lǎobǎnniang xiào de hé bù lǒng zuǐ. On the first day of opening, the proprietress couldn't stop smiling.
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