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  • Pinyin: kāi
  • Traditional: 開
  • HSK: new-1
  • Part of speech: v / q
  • to open (transitive or intransitive)
  • (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  • to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  • to boil
  • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  • (directional complement) away; off
  • carat (gold)
  • abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文
  • abbr. for 开本, book format