Chinese word dictionary

开店

kāi diàn · to open shop

Practice word

Word information

Simplified开店

Traditional開店

Pinyinkāi diàn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

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

店diàn

shop, store; inn, hotel

How to learn 开店

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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店diàn

inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store

饭店fàndiàn

restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]

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

商店shāngdiàn

store; shop; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]

书店shūdiàn

bookstore; CL:家[jia1]