"to break open" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
liè to split / to crack / to break open / to rend syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
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
摆脱 擺脫 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself syn
打断 打斷 dǎ duàn to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) syn
突破 tū pò to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount (an obstacle) / (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
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
开阔 開闊 kāi kuò wide / open (spaces) / to open up 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
公开赛 公開賽 gōng kāi sài (sports) open championship / open (as in "the US Open")
午休 wǔ xiū noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap
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
破获 破獲 pò huò to uncover (a criminal plot) / to break open and capture syn
掀开 掀開 xiān kāi to lift open / to tear open syn
突围 突圍 tū wéi to break a siege / to break out of an enclosure syn
决裂 決裂 jué liè to rupture / to burst open / to break / to break off relations with / a rupture
绝交 絕交 jué jiāo to break off relations / to break with sb syn
劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) 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
崩裂 bēng liè to rupture / to burst open / to break up syn
开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn
破土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project syn
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
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
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of 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
bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship) syn
chǎng open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose syn
kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn
to open (a door) / to open up (for development) / to dispel / to refute / to repudiate / (bound form) penetrating / incisive syn
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from syn
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
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out syn
zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn
打开 打開 dǎ kāi to open / to show (a ticket) / to turn on / to switch on syn
开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn
破坏 破壞 pò huài destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy syn
分手 fēn shǒu to part company / to split up / to break up syn
to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. [ji2] 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
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth / to start to talk syn
公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn
打破 dǎ pò to break / to smash syn
开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn
放屁 fàng pì to fart / to break wind / to talk nonsense / Utter rubbish! syn
违法 違法 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law syn
发作 發作 fā zuò to flare up / to break out syn
脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn
骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
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
分裂 fēn liè to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism 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
开通 開通 kāi tong open-minded 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
越狱 越獄 yuè yù to break out of prison / to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)
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
打碎 dǎ suì to shatter / to smash / to break into pieces syn
犯规 犯規 fàn guī to break the rules / an illegality / a foul syn
中断 中斷 zhōng duàn to cut short / to break off / to discontinue / to interrupt syn
犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law syn
分成 fēn chéng to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment syn
破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn
瘫痪 癱瘓 tān huàn (medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed / to break down / to come to a standstill syn
拉开 拉開 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase syn
中止 zhōng zhǐ to cease / to suspend / to break off / to stop / to discontinue syn
开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover / to open syn
透明 tòu míng transparent / (fig.) transparent / open to scrutiny syn
破解 pò jiě to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode / to crack (software)
空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space syn
分解 fēn jiě to resolve / to decompose / to break down syn
坦率 tǎn shuài frank (discussion) / blunt / open syn
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever / to break off syn
折断 折斷 zhé duàn to snap sth off / to break 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
拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn
露天 lù tiān outdoors / al fresco / in the open syn
拆开 拆開 chāi kāi to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick syn
裂开 裂開 liè kāi to split open syn
开展 開展 kāi zhǎn to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open syn
食言 shí yán to break one's promise syn
打通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) syn
春假 chūn jià spring break
张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn
抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down 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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