开通/開通 kāi tōng — to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

Meanings

1. 1

   to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

   to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

   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

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