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开放

Traditional: 開放

kāi fàng

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

kāi fàng · hoi1 fong3 (Jyutping)

  1. to bloom
  2. to open
  3. to be open (to the public)
  4. to open up (to the outside)
  5. to be open-minded
  6. unrestrained by convention
  7. unconstrained in one's sexuality

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

开

Meaning
open; initiate, begin, start
Radical
廾
Strokes
4
Components
⿱一廾
Cangjie
MT
Four-corner
1044

放

Meaning
put, release, free, liberate
Radical
攵
Strokes
8
Components
⿰方攵
Cangjie
YSOK
Four-corner
0824.0

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