HSK 6 · Verbs

开展 kāizhǎn “to launch” in Chinese

Traditional 開展

What 开展 means

  1. to launch
  2. to carry out
  3. to develop
  4. to unfold
  5. (of an exhibition etc) to open

How to say 开展

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale展zhǎn3rd tone, dipping

开展 in a sentence

  1. 学校开展了很多课外活动。

    Xuéxiào kāizhǎn le hěn duō kèwài huódòng.

    The school runs lots of extracurricular activities.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们下个月开始开展这项工作。

    Wǒmen xià ge yuè kāishǐ kāizhǎn zhè xiàng gōngzuò.

    We’ll start on this work next month.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 开展 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 展 (zhǎn) drawn as one shape
展zhǎnto spread out

展 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 开展

开 4 strokes · 展 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 开展

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 展

发展fāzhǎn · development展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show进展jìnzhǎn · progress展望zhǎnwàng · outlook

More words: Common Verbs

鞠躬jūgōng · to bow居住jūzhù · to live (in a place)开辟kāipì · to open up开拓kāituò · to open up扛káng · to carry on one’s shoulder考察kǎochá · to investigate靠拢kàolǒng · to draw close磕kē · to knock (against)

FAQs

开展 (kāizhǎn) means “to launch” or “to carry out”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kāizhǎn: kāi with a 1st tone, then zhǎn with a 3rd 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, 开展 is written 開展. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kaizhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 开展 from the suggestions. Typing kaizhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
开展 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.