Meaning of 打开
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to open
- to show (a ticket)
- to turn on
- to switch on
How to use 打开
打开 is used for opening physical things like doors, boxes, books and bottles, and also for turning on devices or apps. Example: 请打开窗户。 (Qǐng dǎkāi chuānghu.) Please open the window.
打 (dǎ) has the hand radical 扌, so picture your hand doing an action, and 开 (kāi) means open. Your hand acts on something and it opens: 打开 (dǎkāi) is to open or switch on.
Common mistake: Learners often say 开开 or just 开 everywhere. 开 alone works for 开门 (kāimén) and 开车 (kāichē), but 打开 is the safer choice for opening books, files, boxes and apps. Also keep the tones straight: third tone dǎ, then first tone kāi.
打开 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes
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- 2
- 3
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- 5
开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes
- 1
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- 4
Related words
Words that share a character with 打开.
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 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 |
| 开会 | kāihuì | to hold or attend a meeting |
| 打球 | dǎ qiú | to play a ball sport |
| 打车 | dǎchē | to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift |
| 离开 | líkāi | to depart; to leave |
| 打算 | dǎsuàn | to plan; to intend |
| 开心 | kāixīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 走开 | zǒukāi | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside |
| 分开 | fēnkāi | to separate; to part |
| 打工 | dǎgōng | to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d |
Questions about 打开
What does 打开 mean?
打开 (dǎkāi) means "to open; to show (a ticket)".
How do you write 打开?
打开 is made of 2 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 开 (4 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 打开 an HSK word?
Yes. 打开 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 打开 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 打开 is written 打開.
What is the opposite of 打开?
For doors, books and boxes, use 关上 (guānshang) or 关 (guān), to close. For devices, use 关掉 (guāndiào) or 关 (guān), to turn off.
Can I put an object between 打 and 开?
Usually not in everyday speech. Put the object after it, as in 打开电脑 (dǎkāi diànnǎo), or use 把, as in 把门打开 (bǎ mén dǎkāi), open the door. You can add 得 or 不 in the middle, as in 打不开 (dǎ bu kāi), can't open it.