开机

Character by character

• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start
• 机jī6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 機desk; machine; moment

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 开机. 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

• 机会jī huìHSK 2

  opportunity; chance; occasion

• 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

• 手机shǒu jīHSK 1

  cell phone; mobile phone

• 飞机fēi jīHSK 1

  airplane

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

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

• 机构jī gòuHSK 4

  mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution

• 司机sī jīHSK 2

  chauffeur; driver

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

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

• 机场jī chǎngHSK 1

  airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship

• 机器jī qìHSK 3

  machine

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 危机wēi jīHSK 6

  crisis

• 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

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part

• 相机xiàng jīHSK 2

  camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow

• 时机shí jīHSK 5

  opportunity; opportune moment

• 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

• 计算机jì suàn jīHSK 2

  computer; (Tw) calculator