"open fire" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn
开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn
开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open fire syn
火堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire
明火 míng huǒ flame / open fire
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
开放 開放 kāi fàng 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 syn
海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn
开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn
消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department
生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn
开阔 開闊 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up syn
失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn
熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
开路 開路 kāi lù to open up a path / to make one's way through / to construct a road / (electricity) open circuit syn
公开赛 公開賽 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open")
消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck
开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn
掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open syn
野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn
劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn
打炮 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate syn
开裂 開裂 kāi liè to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) syn
扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn
开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn
火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3])
开卷 開卷 kāi juàn to open a book / open-book (exam) syn
撬开 撬開 qiào kāi to pry open / to lever open
敲开 敲開 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~ syn
chāi to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open syn
to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out syn
qiào to lift / to pry open / to lever open syn
to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
chǎng open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose syn
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn
以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke
kāi 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, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn
zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn
to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / syn
打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on syn
解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment syn
jiě to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection syn
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn
阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine / (of personality) upbeat / energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny) syn
开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk syn
发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn
警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning
公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn
射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn
消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control
火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn
着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire syn
发火 發火 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry syn
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn
敞开 敞開 chǎng kāi to open wide / unrestrictedly syn
zháo to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in syn
zhǎn to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition syn
开场 開場 kāi chǎng to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event syn
大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn
开通 開通 kāi tong open-minded syn
点燃 點燃 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame syn
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up / to spread / to extend syn
开发 開發 kāi fā to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop syn
开启 開啟 kāi qǐ to open / to start / (computing) to enable syn
正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn
纵火 縱火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson syn
火力 huǒ lì fire / firepower
拉开 拉開 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase syn
点火 點火 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble syn
烧毁 燒燬 shāo huǐ to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire syn
惹火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers
开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn
起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry syn
火柴 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) / CL:根[gen1],盒[he2] syn
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover / to open syn
透明 tòu míng transparent / (fig.) transparent / open to scrutiny syn
炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 chǎo yóu yú (coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb syn
还击 還擊 huán jī to hit back / to return fire syn
空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space syn
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn
坦率 tǎn shuài frank (discussion) / blunt / open syn
放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance syn
开诚布公 開誠布公 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table syn
推开 推開 tuī kāi to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline syn
停火 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire syn
露天 lù tiān outdoors / al fresco / in the open syn
灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting syn
拆开 拆開 chāi kāi to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick syn
火警 huǒ jǐng fire alarm syn
裂开 裂開 liè kāi to split open syn
走火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire syn
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn
开展 開展 kāi zhǎn to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open syn
打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn
救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting syn
张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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