HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

kāi lǎng

spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree

kāi míng

enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment

kāi pì

to open up; to create; to establish

kāi tiān pì dì

(lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth) (idiom); (fig.) unprecedented; first of its kind

kāi tíng

to begin a (judicial) court session

kāi tuò

to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)

kāi xiāo

to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)

kāi zhāng

to open a business; first transaction of a business day

kāi zhī

expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages

kǎi mó

model; example

kǎi xuán

to return in triumph; to return victorious

kān chēng

can be rated as; can be said to be

kān dēng

to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)

kān hù

to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse

kān shǒu

to guard; to watch over

kān tàn

to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting

kān wù

publication

kǎn fá

to hew; to cut down

kǎn kǎn ér tán

to speak frankly with assurance

kǎn kě

bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

kàn tái

terrace; spectator's grandstand; viewing platform

kāng kǎi

vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous

kān guǎn

to look after

káng

to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)