揭开 meaning in English

jiēkāi

to uncover; to open

Traditional 揭開16 strokes

Meaning of 揭开

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiēkāi
  1. to uncover
  2. to open

揭开 in example sentences

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

随suí着zhe故gù事shì的de进jìn行xíng,谜mí题tí揭jiē开kāi了le。
As the story advances, the mystery unravels.
他tā几jī乎hū从cóng来lái没méi揭jiē开kāi过guò一yī本běn书shū。
He hardly ever opens a book.
谁shuí能néng揭jiē开kāi海hǎi洋yáng的de奥ào秘mì?
Who is able to reveal the mysteries of the sea?
萨sà米mǐ已yǐ经jīng快kuài要yào揭jiē开kāi谜mí底dǐ了le。
Sami is getting close to solving this mystery.
这zhè封fēng信xìn是shì揭jiē开kāi谜mí团tuán的de唯wéi一yī线xiàn索suǒ。
This letter is the only key to the mystery.

Stroke order for each character

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

揭 jiē · to take the lid off · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
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  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 揭开.

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 揭开

What does 揭开 mean?

揭开 (jiēkāi) means "to uncover; to open".

How do you write 揭开?

揭开 is made of 2 characters: 揭 (12 strokes), 开 (4 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 揭开 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 揭开 is written 揭開.