| 开溜 | kāi liū | to leave in stealth; to slip away |
| 开满 | kāi mǎn | to bloom abundantly |
| 开漳圣王 | Kāi zhāng shèng wáng | Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陈元光 |
| 开灯 | kāi dēng | to turn on the light |
| 开炉 | kāi lú | to open a furnace; to start up a furnace |
| 开尔文 | Kāi ěr wén | Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson); Kelvin (temperature scale) |
| 开犁 | kāi lí | to start plowing; to plow the first furrow |
| 开瓶费 | kāi píng fèi | corkage fee |
| 开疆 | kāi jiāng | to pioneer a frontier area; to open up new territory |
| 开发人员 | kāi fā rén yuán | developer |
| 开发区 | kāi fā qū | development zone |
| 开发周期 | kāi fā zhōu qī | development cycle; development period |
| 开发商 | kāi fā shāng | developer (e.g. real-estate, software etc) |
| 开发环境 | kāi fā huán jìng | development environment (computer) |
| 开发过程 | kāi fā guò chéng | development process |
| 开发银行 | kāi fā yín háng | development bank |
| 开皌 | kāi mò | to receive condolences |
| 开盘汇率 | kāi pán huì lǜ | opening exchange rate |
| 开眼界 | kāi yǎn jiè | broaden, expand one's horizons |
| 开蒙 | kāi méng | to emerge from ignorance; fig. first stages of learning (arch.) |
| 开禁 | kāi jìn | to lift a ban; to lift a curfew |
| 开福 | Kāi fú | Kaifu district of Changsha city 长沙市, Hunan |
| 开福区 | Kāi fú qū | Kaifu district of Changsha city 长沙市, Hunan |
| 开窍 | kāi qiào | to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns |
| 开立 | kāi lì | to found or start |
| 开站 | kāi zhàn | to put a new bus or railway station into operation |
| 开笔 | kāi bǐ | to start learning as a poet; to write one's first (poem, essay etc) |
| 开筵 | kāi yán | to host a banquet |
| 开篇 | kāi piān | start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tangci style 弹词 |
| 开绿灯 | kāi lǜ dēng | to give the green light; to give the go-ahead |
| 开绽 | kāi zhàn | to come unsewn |
| 开线 | kāi xiàn | to come unsewn |
| 开县 | Kāi xiàn | Kai county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 开罪 | kāi zuì | to offend sb; to give offence; to displease |
| 开罗大学 | Kāi luó Dà xué | Cairo University |
| 开胃 | kāi wèi | to whet the appetite; appetizing; to amuse oneself at sb's expense; to tease |
| 开胃菜 | kāi wèi cài | starter; appetizer |
| 开胃酒 | kāi wèi jiǔ | aperitif wine |
| 开脱罪责 | kāi tuō zuì zé | to absolve sb from guilt; to exonerate; to exculpate |
| 开腔 | kāi qiāng | to speak out; to start speaking |
| 开膛手杰克 | kāi táng shǒu jié kè | Jack the Ripper |
| 开胶 | kāi jiāo | to come unglued; to come apart |
| 开脸 | kāi liǎn | to shave fine hairs (when decking out a bride); to carve a face |
| 开台 | kāi tái | start of play; opening of theatrical performance |
| 开台锣鼓 | kāi tái luó gǔ | opening gong; gong strokes announcing start of opera performance |
| 开花儿 | kāi huār | erhua variant of 开花, to flower; to blossom |
| 开花衣 | kāi huā yī | to open a bale of cotton |
| 开苞 | kāi bāo | to deflower |
| 开荤 | kāi hūn | to resume a meat diet; to eat meat again after a period of fasting; fig. novel experience |
| 开药 | kāi yào | to prescribe medicine |
