Chinese word dictionary

开展

kāizhǎn · to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open

Practice word

Word information

Simplified开展

Traditional開展

Pinyinkāizhǎn

Part of speech动

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

开kāi

to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

展zhǎn

to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch

How to learn 开展

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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开kāi

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, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开车kāichē

to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

开始kāishǐ

to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]

开学kāixué

(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term

发展fāzhǎn

development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand