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
(literary) king; monarch, (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service, (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]), (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])