HSK 5 · Work

开发 kāifā “to develop” in Chinese

Traditional 開發

What 开发 means

  1. to develop
  2. to open up (land or resources)
  3. to exploit (a resource)
  4. to open up (for development)

How to say 开发

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level

开发 in a sentence

  1. 我正在开发一个安卓应用。

    Wǒ zhèngzài kāifā yí ge Ānzhuó yìngyòng.

    I’m developing an Android app.

    Sentence #1776771 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们国家必须开发自然资源。

    Wǒmen guójiā bìxū kāifā zìrán zīyuán.

    Our country must develop its natural resources.

    Sentence #6135011 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 为了长期利益，我们决定把开发部门卖掉。

    Wèile chángqī lìyì, wǒmen juédìng bǎ kāifā bùmén màidiào.

    For the sake of our long-term interests, we’ve decided to sell the development department.

    Sentence #2915533 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 开发 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 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 开发

开 4 strokes · 发 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 开发

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 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

More words: Work & Career

会计kuàijì · accountant简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill经营jīngyíng · to run (a business)劳动láodòng · work老板lǎobǎn · boss利益lìyì · benefit领导lǐngdǎo · leader

FAQs

开发 (kāifā) means “to develop” or “to open up (land or resources)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kāifā: kāi with a 1st tone, then fā with a 1st 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, 开发 is written 開發. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kaifa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 开发 from the suggestions. Typing kaifa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
开发 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.