HSK 5 · Media

开幕式 kāimùshì “opening ceremony” in Chinese

Traditional 開幕式

What 开幕式 means

  1. opening ceremony

How to say 开幕式

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale开kāi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幕mù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale式shì4th tone, falling

开幕式 in a sentence

  1. 昨天举办了开幕式。

    Zuótiān jǔbàn le kāimùshì.

    The opening ceremony was held yesterday.

    Sentence #6142013 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我错过了奥运会的开幕式。

    Wǒ cuòguò le Àoyùnhuì de kāimùshì.

    I missed the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

    Sentence #1738287 from Tatoeba

How 开幕式 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 开 (kāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
开kāito open
  • 一one · yī
  • 廾two hands · gǒng

Memory aidSimplified from 開: two hands lifting the bar of a gate 門: to open.

The character 幕 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
幕mùcurtain or screen
  • 莫cannot · mòSound part
  • 巾napkin · jīnMeaning part

巾 hints at the meaning (napkin); 莫 (mò) hints at the sound. Compare it with mù.

The character 式 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
式shìtype
  • 弋shoot · yì
  • 工work · gōng

How to write 开幕式

开 4 strokes · 幕 13 strokes · 式 6 strokes

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开幕式 (kāimùshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 开幕式 (kāimùshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 开幕式

Words with 开

开kāi · to open开车kāichē · to drive a car开始kāishǐ · to begin开学kāixué · to start a new school term打开dǎkāi · to open离开líkāi · leave开会kāihuì · to have a meeting开花kāihuā · to bloom分开fēnkāi · to separate开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)

Words with 幕

字幕zìmù · caption屏幕píngmù · screen (TV内幕nèimù · inside story

Words with 式

正式zhèngshì · formal方式fāngshì · way形式xíngshì · form样式yàngshì · type款式kuǎnshì · style仪式yíshì · ceremony公式gōngshì · formula格式géshì · format模式móshì · pattern

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动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film发表fābiǎo · to issue风格fēnggé · style角色juésè · role美术měishù · art媒体méitǐ · media明星míngxīng · star频道píndào · frequency

FAQs

开幕式 (kāimùshì) means “opening ceremony”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kāimùshì: kāi with a 1st tone, then mù with a 4th tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 开幕式 is written 開幕式. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kaimushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 开幕式 from the suggestions. Typing kaimushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
开幕式 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.