开
头

Beginning in Chinese: 开头 (kāi tóu)

kāi tóu

beginning

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 開頭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1beginning
  2. 2to start

Stroke order

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开
头

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄊㄡˊ

tóu

ㄊ/ tㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

开头

Simplified

開頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个故事的开头很有意思。

    zhè ge gù shì de kāi tóu hěn yǒu yì sī。

    The beginning of this story is very interesting.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

头

tóu

head

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

公开

gōng kāi

open

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

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