开放/開放 kāi fàng — to bloom

Meanings

1. 1

   to bloom

   to bloom; to open; to be open-minded; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside)

   verb

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
• 放

  fàng (fourth tone, falling)

  to put, to place, to lay down; to let go, to release, to set free; to let out, to give a holiday

  8 strokes⿰方攵Radical 攴

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)
• 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 放

• 放fàng (fourth tone, falling)to put, to place, to set down
• 放弃/放棄fàngqì (fourth tone, falling)to give up, to abandon (a plan, right, opportunity)
• 放心fàngxīn (fourth tone, falling)to set one’s mind at rest, to stop worrying
• 放下fàng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to lay down
• 释放/釋放shì (fourth tone, falling) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to release
• 放到fàng (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)Put in
• 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
• 解放jiě (third tone, dipping) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to liberate
• 播放bō (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to broadcast
• 放手fàng (fourth tone, falling) shǒu (third tone, dipping)to let go one's hold
• 放大fàng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)to enlarge
• 放假fàng (fourth tone, falling) jià (fourth tone, falling)to have a holiday or vacation
• 放过/放過fàng (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to let off
• 发放/發放fā (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to provide
• 放学/放學fàng (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)to dismiss students at the end of the school day
• 放射fàng (fourth tone, falling) shè (fourth tone, falling)to radiate
• 放置fàng (fourth tone, falling) zhì (fourth tone, falling)to put