开动開動 kāi dòng — to start
kāi (first tone, high and level) dòng (fourth tone, falling)kai1 dong4
Traditional: 開動
to start
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
to start
to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating)
verb
Character breakdown
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