開球

开球
kāiqiú
  1. open ball (math.)
  2. to start a ball game
  3. to kick off (soccer)
  4. to tee off (golf)

CEDICT

math

Entry Composition

1 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
=2 球 qiú ball used for playing games (variant of 球 qiú)
=2 球 qiú
  1. ball
  2. sphere
  3. globe
  4. ball game
  5. match

classifiers: 個, 場