掀开 meaning in English

xiānkāi

to lift open; to tear open

Traditional 掀開15 strokes

Meaning of 掀开

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiānkāi
  1. to lift open
  2. to tear open

掀开 in example sentences

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

我wǒ掀xiān开kāi了le盖gài子zi。
I opened the lid.

Stroke order for each character

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掀 xiān · to lift · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 掀开.

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 掀开

What does 掀开 mean?

掀开 (xiānkāi) means "to lift open; to tear open".

How do you write 掀开?

掀开 is made of 2 characters: 掀 (11 strokes), 开 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 掀开 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 掀开 is written 掀開.