Meaning of 开动
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
kāidòng
- to start
- to set in motion
- to move
- to march
- to dig in (eating)
- to tuck in (eating)
开动 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
公车将在五分钟后开动。
The bus leaves in five minutes.
铃声一响，火车就开动了。
The bell rang and the train moved off.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
Related words
Words that share a character with 开动.
| 打开 | dǎkāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 开玩笑 | kāi wánxiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 动作 | dòngzuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 开会 | kāihuì | to hold or attend a meeting |
| 离开 | líkāi | to depart; to leave |
| 开心 | kāixīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 行动 | xíngdòng | operation; action |
| 动物 | dòngwù | animal |
| 走开 | zǒukāi | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside |
| 活动 | huódòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 | yùndòng | to move; to exercise |
Questions about 开动
What does 开动 mean?
开动 (kāidòng) means "to start; to set in motion" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 开动?
开动 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 动 (6 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 开动 an HSK word?
Yes. 开动 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 开动 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 开动 is written 開動.