| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:个 |
| 开 | kāi | to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a medical prescription); to operate (vehicle); abbr. for 开尔文 degrees Kelvin |
| 开展 | kāi zhǎn | (begin to) develop; unfold; to start; to launch; to open; to carry out |
| 开关 | kāi guān | power switch; to open a gate |
| 开花 | kāi huā | to bloom; to blossom; to flower; fig. to burst open; to feel happy or elated; new development grows out |
| 开会 | kāi huì | to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting |
| 开发 | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 开口 | kāi kǒu | open one's mouth; start to talk |
| 开采 | kāi cǎi | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine |
| 开支 | kāi zhī | expenditures; pay; expenses; CL:笔 |
| 开放 | kāi fàng | to bloom; to open; to be open-minded; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside) |
| 开辟 | kāi pì | to open up; to set up; to establish |
| 开水 | kāi shuǐ | boiled water; boiling water |
| 开门 | kāi mén | open (the) door |
| 开动 | kāi dòng | start; set in motion; move; march; dig in (eating); tuck in (eating) |
| 开设 | kāi shè | to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc) |
| 开拓 | kāi tuò | to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons) |
| 开幕 | kāi mù | to open (a conference); to inaugurate |
| 开头 | kāi tóu | beginning |
| 开办 | kāi bàn | to open; to start (a business etc); to set up |
| 开封 | Kāi fēng | Kaifeng prefecture level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan; old name Bianliang 汴梁 |
| 开车 | kāi chē | to drive a car |
| 开工 | kāi gōng | to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job |
| 开枪 | kāi qiāng | to open fire; to shoot a gun |
| 开罗 | Kāi luó | Cairo, capital of Egypt |
| 开垦 | kāi kěn | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow |
| 开端 | kāi duān | start; beginning |
| 开除 | kāi chú | to expel |
| 开国 | kāi guó | to found a state; to open a closed country |
| 开幕式 | kāi mù shì | opening ceremony |
| 开学 | kāi xué | foundation of a University or College; school opening; the start of a new term |
| 开玩笑 | kāi wán xiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 开明 | kāi míng | enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment |
| 开创 | kāi chuàng | to initiate; to start; to found |
| 开平 | Kāi píng | Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江门, Guangdong; Kaiping district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei |
| 开阔 | kāi kuò | wide; open (spaces); to open up |
| 开凿 | kāi záo | to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) |
| 开通 | kāi tong | to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transport routes etc); open-minded |
| 开眼 | kāi yǎn | to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons |
| 开局 | kāi jú | opening (chess etc); early stage of game, match, work, activity etc |
| 开庭 | kāi tíng | begin a (judicial) court session |
| 开路 | kāi lù | to open a way |
| 开矿 | kāi kuàng | to mine; to open a seam |
| 开火 | kāi huǒ | to open fire |
| 开荒 | kāi huāng | to open up land (for agriculture) |
| 开炮 | kāi pào | to open fire |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb |
| 开朗 | kāi lǎng | spacious and well-lit; open and clear; to open out (onto a wider vista); optimistic; cheerful; carefree; easy-going; open-minded |
| 开幕词 | kāi mù cí | opening speech (at a conference) |
| 开张 | kāi zhāng | open a business; first transaction of a business day |
