开业

Character by character

• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start
• 业yè5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 業profession, business; GB radical 111

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 开业. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 开kāiHSK 1

  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; abbr. for 开本, book format

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 专业zhuān yèHSK 3

  specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 职业zhí yèHSK 3

  occupation; profession; vocation; professional

• 事业shì yèHSK 3

  undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation

• 毕业bì yèHSK 4

  graduation; to graduate; to finish school

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 商业shāng yèHSK 3

  business; trade; commerce

• 企业qǐ yèHSK 4

  company; firm; enterprise; corporation

• 行业háng yèHSK 4

  trade; profession; industry; business

• 作业zuò yèHSK 2

  school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 业yèHSK 7

  line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already

• 业务yè wùHSK 5

  business; professional work; service

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 工业gōng yèHSK 3

  industry

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part

• 开口kāi kǒuHSK 7

  to open one's mouth; to start to talk

• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngHSK 7

  to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980