堆 duī to pile up / to heap up / a mass / pile / heap / stack / large amount syn 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 露天堆栈 露天堆棧 lù tiān duī zhàn open-air repository / open-air depot 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh 盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir 细盐 細鹽 xì yán refined salt / table salt 官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid) 私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 公开赛 公開賽 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open") 撑开 撐開 chēng kāi to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 堆积 堆積 duī jī to pile up / to heap / accumulation syn 垃圾堆 lā jī duī garbage heap syn 积云 積雲 jī yún cumulus / heap cloud 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 坨 tuó mound / heap / lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiao3zi5] etc) to stick together / to form a clump syn 砢 luǒ a heap / pile (of rocks) 磥 lěi a heap of stones / boulders 坨子 tuó zi lump / heap syn 封土 fēng tǔ to heap earth (to close a tomb) / a mound (covering a tomb) 尾矿库 尾礦庫 wěi kuàng kù slag heap / dump of mining waste 崩倒 bēng dǎo to collapse / to crash down / to fall down in a heap 激赞 激贊 jī zàn to heap praise on 打入冷宫 打入冷宮 dǎ rù lěng gōng to snub / to consign to the trash heap of history syn 打入冷宫 打入冷宮 dǎ rù - lěng gōng (idiom) to snub / to consign to the trash heap of history syn 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 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 开阔 開闊 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up syn 掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open syn 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 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery 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 开裂 開裂 kāi liè to split open / to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) syn 劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) 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 开卷 開卷 kāi juàn to open a book / open-book (exam) syn 扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn 披 pī to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out syn 拆 chāi to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open syn 辟 闢 pì to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn 敞 chǎng open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose syn 撬 qiào to lift / to pry open / to lever open syn 凿空 鑿空 záo kōng to open an aperture / (extended meaning) to cut a way through / to open up a road syn 开埠 開埠 kāi bù to open up a port for trade / to open treaty ports 马丁炉 馬丁爐 mǎ dīng lú Martin furnace / open hearth furnace / open hearth syn 露天爆燃 lù tiān bào rán Open Burning and Open Detonation 公开试验 公開試驗 gōng kāi shì yàn open-label study / non-masked trial / open trial 开放和有规则的贸易制度第9工作队 開放和有規則的貿易制度第9工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems / Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems 开杯试验 開杯試驗 kāi bēi shì yàn open-cup test / Cleveland open-cup test 克利夫兰开杯试验 克利夫蘭開杯試驗 kè lì fú lán kāi bēi shì yàn open-cup test / Cleveland open-cup test 试行开放天空 試行開放天空 Open Skies trial / Open Skies trial flight 开放名单制 開放名單制 open list / open-list system 旷地 曠地 kuàng dì open space / open field 呆扳手 dāi bān shǒu open spanner / open end spanner / flat spanner 大排档 大排檔 dà pái dàng food stall / open-air restaurant 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 露天大戏院 露天大戲院 lù tiān dà xì yuàn open-air amphitheater 大牌档 大牌檔 dà pái dàng food stall / open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档[da4pai2dang4]) 风餐露宿 風餐露宿 fēng cān lù sù lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it syn 空调 空調 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 冷气 冷氣 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning syn 寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn 透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn 气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract 空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 出风口 出風口 chū fēng kǒu air vent / air outlet 空空导弹 空空導彈 kōng kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile 空对空 air to air 空防 kōng fáng air force / air defense 空对空导弹 空對空導彈 kōng duì kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile 气笼 氣籠 qì lóng air pipe / bamboo air pipe used to aerate granary 气隙 氣隙 qì xì air vent / air gap 空军司令 空軍司令 kōng jūn sī lìng air commodore / top commander of air force 空运费 空運費 kōng yùn fèi air freight (cost of air transport) 南斯拉夫空军和防空部队 Yugoslav Air and Air Defense Forces 空气污染监视 air quality monitoring / air surveillance 机票团结税 jī piào tuán jié shuì air-ticket solidarity contribution / air-ticket solidarity levy 航空经营许可证 Air Operator's Certificate (UK) / Air Carrier's Certificate (US) 空对地通信 空對地通信 air-to-ground communication / air to ground communications 空中交通通告 air traffic advisory / air advisory 可移式空中交通管制系统 可移式空中交通管制系統 transportable air traffic control system / TPT air traffic control system 包机商 bāo jī shāng air charter vendor / air charter company / charter company 包机公司 bāo jī gōng sī air charter vendor / air charter company / charter company 空运外科医疗队 空運外科醫療隊 air transportable surgical unit / air portable surgical unit 要人联络航空队 要人聯絡航空隊 VIP liaison air unit / VIP liaison air flight 空中作业干事 空中作業幹事 air operations officer / air operations specialist 空中作业军官 空中作業軍官 air operations officer / air operations specialist 空中作业小组 空中作業小組 air operations cell / air cell 