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 / abbr. for 開本｜开本, book format

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

a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

to unfold; to spread out; to open up / to launch; to carry out

to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open

sunshine / (of personality) upbeat; energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny)

to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes

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

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

to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business)

to push open (a gate etc) / to push away / to reject / to decline

transparent / (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny

to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase

to bloom; to blossom; to flower / (fig.) to burst; to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish

to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open

to open (a conference) / to inaugurate

to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out

open-minded / humble

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

to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

(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]

field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral

power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off

to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc)

to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support

to split / to crack / to break open / to rend

bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate

to open / to start / (computing) to enable

front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open

to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event

to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)

to open up / to set up / to establish

to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute

to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)

vacant land / open space

outdoors / al fresco / in the open

to dredge / to open up a path for / to remove obstructions / to clear the way / to enlighten / persuasion

lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it

to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash

to open one's mouth / to start to talk

spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree

optimistic / sanguine / generous / magnanimous / open-minded

to open fire / to shoot a gun

to lift / to pry open / to lever open

to open wide / unrestrictedly

to open (one's eyes) wide / to stare at / to glare at

wide / open (spaces) / to open up

pull-top can / easy-open can (with ring-pull)

to open (one's eyes)

open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright

to open a business / first transaction of a business day

bright / clear / obvious / forthright / open-minded / bright and cheerful

to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing

to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980

open letter

to hack / to chop / to split open / (of lightning) to strike

frank (discussion) / blunt / open

to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)

to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up

bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

garment / jacket with open slits in place of sleeves

to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition

to open / to start / to initiate / to enlighten or awaken / to state / to inform

to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail

plain / open country

open-minded

to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt

to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs)

to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt

lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market)

to set up an electric circuit / to electrify / to switch on / to be connected to an electricity grid / open telegram

(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price

to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick

clear and bright (of weather) / straightforward / candid / open

to open up land (for agriculture)

to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼｜开放源码)

to unveil the plaque for (a school, shop, stadium etc); to inaugurate; to officially open

lumpy / rock pile / uneven / fig. sincere / open and honest

flat / open-hearted / level / smooth

to set up; to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)

to expand / to push sth with the hand / to develop / to open up

one's bosom (the seat of emotions) / breast / broad-minded and open / to think about / to cherish

to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business

to diverge / to open (as legs)

to open an account (bank etc)

to rupture / to burst open / to break / to break off relations with / a rupture

to split / to crack / to burst (open)

to uncover / to open

to hasten / to run / to open up / to gallop

to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery

to burst open / to split at the seam

to open a book / open-book (exam)

beautiful / open-work silk

to open shop

to express / to disclose / to enlighten / to open

(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

to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment; to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild

wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun