Korean: 24 NHSK word(s): 开* 1 kai1to open/ to start/ to turn on/ to boil/ to write out (a medical prescription)/ to operate (vehicle)/ abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin 开始* 2 kai1 shi3to begin/ beginning/ to start/ initial/ CL:個|个[ge4] 离开* 3 li2 kai1to depart/ to leave 开玩笑* 4 kai1 wan2 xiao4to play a joke/ to make fun of/ to joke 召开* 5 zhao4 kai1to convene (a conference or meeting)/ to convoke/ to call together 公开* 5 gong1 kai1public/ to publish/ to make public 开发* 5 kai1 fa1exploit (a resource)/ open up (for development)/ to develop 开放* 5 kai1 fang4to lift (a ban or restriction)/ to open to the outside world (politics)/ to open for public use/ to come into bloom (of flowers) 开幕式* 5 kai1 mu4 shi4opening ceremony 开心* 5 kai1 xin1to feel happy/ to rejoice/ to have a great time/ to make fun of sb 展开* 5 zhan3 kai1to unfold/ to carry out/ to be in full swing/ to launch 开采* 6 kai1 cai3to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)/ to exploit/ to mine 开除* 6 kai1 chu2to expel 开阔* 6 kai1 kuo4wide/ open (spaces)/ to open up 开朗* 6 kai1 lang3spacious and well-lit/ open and clear/ to open out (onto a wider vista)/ optimistic/ cheerful/ carefree/ easy-going/ open-minded 开明* 6 kai1 ming2enlightened/ open-minded/ enlightenment 开辟* 6 kai1 pi4to open up/ to set up/ to start/ to build 开水* 6 kai1 shui3boiled water/ boiling water 开拓* 6 kai1 tuo4to break new ground (for agriculture)/ to open up (a new seam)/ to develop (border regions)/ fig. to open up (new horizons) 开展* 6 kai1 zhan3(begin to) develop/ unfold/ to start/ to launch/ to open/ to carry out 开支* 6 kai1 zhi1expenditures/ pay/ expenses/ CL:筆|笔[bi3] 盛开* 6 sheng4 kai1blooming/ in full flower 敞开* 6 chang3 kai1wide open/ to open up 继往开来* 6 ji4 wang3 kai1 lai2to follow the past and herald the future (idiom)/ part of a historical transition/ forming a bridge between earlier and later stages KOREAN6000 word(s): KOREAN 2500 New HSK words): KOREAN Sentence(s):