开端 meaning in English

kāiduān

start; beginning

Traditional 開端18 strokes

Meaning of 开端

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāiduān
  1. start
  2. beginning

开端 in example sentences

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

这zhè是shì一yí个gè好hǎo的de开kāi端duān。
It's a good start.
宇yǔ宙zhòu何hé以yǐ开kāi端duān?
What is the origin of the universe?
为wèi何hé如rú何hé?你nǐ疑yí问wèn的dí当dàng下xià就jiù是shì科kē学xué的de开kāi端duān。
Science begins when you ask why and how.

Stroke order for each character

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

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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端 duān · tip · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 开端.

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 开端

What does 开端 mean?

开端 (kāiduān) means "start; beginning".

How do you write 开端?

开端 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 端 (14 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 开端 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开端 is written 開端.