| 开衩 | kāi chà | slit (in clothing) |
| 开裂 | kāi liè | to split open; to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) |
| 开襟 | kāi jīn | buttoned Chinese tunic; unbuttoned (to cool down) |
| 开裆裤 | kāi dāng kù | open pants (for infants before toilet training) |
| 开解 | kāi jiě | to straighten out; to explain; to ease sb's anxiety |
| 开言 | kāi yán | to start to speak |
| 开诚 | kāi chéng | to be honest; to show sincerity |
| 开诚相见 | kāi chéng xiāng jiàn | candid and open (idiom) |
| 开讲 | kāi jiǎng | to begin a lecture; to start on a story |
| 开账 | kāi zhàng | to make out a bill |
| 开赛 | kāi sài | to start a match; the kick-off |
| 开走 | kāi zǒu | to go (of car, train etc); to drive off |
| 开路先锋 | kāi lù xiān fēng | pioneer; trailbreaker |
| 开车人 | kāi chē rén | driver; person driving a vehicle |
| 开道 | kāi dào | to clear the way |
| 开远市 | Kāi yuǎn shì | Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan |
| 开都河 | Kāi dū hé | Kaidu River, Xinjiang |
| 开酒费 | kāi jiǔ fèi | corkage fee |
| 开释 | kāi shì | to release (a prisoner) |
| 开金 | kāi jīn | carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold) |
| 开锅 | kāi guō | a pot boils |
| 开锁 | kāi suǒ | to unlock |
| 开镰 | kāi lián | to start the harvest |
| 开锣 | kāi luó | to beat the gong to open a performance |
| 开锣喝道 | kāi luó hè dào | to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) |
| 开钻 | kāi zuān | to start drilling |
| 开门揖盗 | kāi mén yī dào | leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand |
| 开门炮 | kāi mén pào | firecrackers to open the door on the New Year |
| 开门红 | kāi mén hóng | a good beginning |
| 开闭幕式 | kāi bì mù shì | opening and closing ceremonies |
| 开辟者 | kāi pì zhě | pioneer; groundbreaker |
| 开除学籍 | kāi chú xué jí | to expel from school |
| 开除党籍 | kāi chú dǎng jí | to expel from party membership |
开除党籍，
行政开除 | kāi chú dǎng jí ,
xíng zhèng kāi chú | double expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a punishment for corruption); abbr. to 双开 |
| 开阳 | Kāi yáng | zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper; Kaiyang county in Guiyang 贵阳, Guizhou |
| 开阳县 | Kāi yáng xiàn | Kaiyang county in Guiyang 贵阳, Guizhou |
| 开集 | kāi jí | open set (math.) |
| 开霁 | kāi jì | to clear up (of weather) |
| 开颜 | kāi yán | to smile; to beam |
| 开高叉 | kāi gāo chā | slit dress |
| 开鲁 | Kāi lǔ | Kailu county in Tongliao 通辽, Inner Mongolia |
| 开鲁县 | Kāi lǔ xiàn | Kailu county in Tongliao 通辽, Inner Mongolia |
| 开黑店 | kāi hēi diàn | lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction); fig. to carry out a scam; to run a protection racket; daylight robbery |
| 开斋 | kāi zhāi | to stop following a vegetarian diet; to break a fast |
| 开斋节 | Kāi zhāi jié | Eid ul-Fitr (Islam); Hari Raya |
| 双后前兵开局 | shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú | Double Queen Pawn Opening; Closed Game (chess); same as 封闭性开局 |
| 双开 | shuāng kāi | double expulsion (from the party and from administrative post, as a punishment for corruption); abbr. for 開除黨籍,开除党籍,行政开除 |
| 离不开 | lí bu kāi | inseparable; inevitably linked to |
| 离开人世 | lí kāi rén shì | to die; to leave this world |
| 离开北京 | lí kāi Běi jīng | to leave Beijing; to depart from Beijing |
