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开合

開合

kāihé

to open and close

(Chinese phonetics) 開口／开口 (kāikǒu, “open-mouthed”) and 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”); quality of being open-mouthed or closed-mouthed; medial
to open and close
to separate and come together
開口／开口 (kāikǒu, “open-mouthed”) and 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”); quality of being open-mouthed or closed-mouthed; medial

Entry Composition

to open (transitive or intransitive)
(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
(directional complement) away; off
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format

to close
to join
to fit
to be equal to
whole
together
round (in battle)
conjunction (astronomy)
1st note of pentatonic scale
old variant of 盒 hé

variant of 合 hé

Containing this entry

xìnkǒukāihé

variant of 信口开河 xìnkǒukāihé

Related entries

to open and close (the mouth etc)
friendly
compliant
Taiwan pr. xì

to open and close (the mouth etc)

power switch
gas valve
to open the city (or frontier) gate
to open and close
to switch on and off

這個裝置是用開關啟動的。

This device is actuated by a switch.

Source: Tatoeba