开明/開明 kāi míng — enlightened

Meanings

1. 1

   enlightened

   enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment

   adjective

Character breakdown

• 开/開

  kāi (first tone, high and level)

  to open; to turn on, to switch on; to start, to begin; to drive (a vehicle); to hold (a meeting)

  4 strokesRadical 廾
• 明

  míng (second tone, rising)

  bright; clear, evident; to understand; next (明天, 明年); the Ming dynasty

  8 strokes⿰日月Radical 日

Words containing 开

• 开/開kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
• 开始/開始kāishǐ (first tone, high and level)to begin, to start
• 离开/離開líkāi (second tone, rising)to leave, to depart from
• 打开/打開dǎ (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
• 公开/公開gōng (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)public
• 开车/開車kāi (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)to drive a car
• 开发/開發kāi (first tone, high and level) fā (first tone, high and level)to exploit (a resource)
• 开放/開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
• 展开/展開zhǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to unfold
• 分开/分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
• 开口/開口kāi (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to open one's mouth
• 改革开放/改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
• 开玩笑/開玩笑kāi (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) xiào (fourth tone, falling)to play a joke
• 召开/召開zhào (fourth tone, falling) kāi (first tone, high and level)to convene (a conference or meeting)
• 开会/開會kāi (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)to hold a meeting
• 开通/開通kāi (first tone, high and level) tōng (first tone, high and level)to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
• 开工/開工kāi (first tone, high and level) gōng (first tone, high and level)to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
• 拉开/拉開lā (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to pull open

Words containing 明

• 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
• 明白míngbai (second tone, rising)to understand, to see (what is meant)
• 明显/明顯míng (second tone, rising) xiǎn (third tone, dipping)clear
• 证明/證明zhèng (fourth tone, falling) míng (second tone, rising)proof
• 说明/說明shuō (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to explain
• 表明biǎomíng (third tone, dipping)to make clear, to indicate, to show (a fact or position)
• 明星míng (second tone, rising) xīng (first tone, high and level)star
• 聪明/聰明cōngming (first tone, high and level)clever, bright, intelligent
• 明确/明確míng (second tone, rising) què (fourth tone, falling)clear-cut
• 明年míng (second tone, rising) nián (second tone, rising)next year
• 声明/聲明shēng (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)statement
• 文明wén (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)civilized
• 发明/發明fā (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)to invent
• 明明míng (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)obviously
• 光明guāng (first tone, high and level) míng (second tone, rising)light
• 透明tòu (fourth tone, falling) míng (second tone, rising)transparent
• 明智míng (second tone, rising) zhì (fourth tone, falling)sensible
• 查明chá (second tone, rising) míng (second tone, rising)to investigate and find out