开拓 meaning in English

kāituò

to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 開拓12 strokes

Meaning of 开拓

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāituò
  1. to break new ground (for agriculture)
  2. to open up (a new seam)
  3. to develop (border regions)
  4. fig. to open up (new horizons)

开拓 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

年nián轻qīng的de时shí候hòu你nǐ应yīng该gāi开kāi拓tuò你nǐ的de思sī想xiǎng。
You should enrich your mind when young.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

拓 tà · to develop · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 开拓.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
公开gōngkāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

Questions about 开拓

What does 开拓 mean?

开拓 (kāituò) means "to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 开拓?

开拓 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 拓 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 开拓 an HSK word?

Yes. 开拓 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开拓 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开拓 is written 開拓.