to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc); to start the bidding (auction); to start a trading session (stock market)
trad. 開拍
Also written 開拍【kāi pāi】
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 of 2500
拍
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to pat, to clap, to slap, to swat, to take (a photo), to shoot (a film), racket (sports), beat (music)
- Pinyin
- pāi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 646 of 2500