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开庭 (kāi tíng) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

开庭 (kāi tíng) is a Chinese word: hold a court session. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 开庭

动 dòng verb

hold a court session

法院明天上午九点开庭审理这个案件。

fǎ yuàn míng tiān shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn kāi tíng shěn lǐ zhè ge àn jiàn

The court will hold a session tomorrow morning at nine o'clock to hear this case.

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Word breakdown

开 kāi — to open, to begin

Words with this character (50)
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庭 tíng — court, tribunal

Words with this character (2)
  • 1 家庭 jiā tíng — family HSK 4
    • 家 home, house; represents the family/household concept
    • 庭 courtyard, hall; extends and formalizes the family concept as a social unit
    Example

    我有一个幸福的家庭。

    wǒ yǒu yí gè xìng fú de jiā tíng

    I have a happy family.

  • 2 法庭 fǎ tíng — court HSK 7
    Example

    证人需要在法庭上作证。

    zhèng rén xū yào zài fǎ tíng shàng zuò zhèng

    The witness needs to testify in court.

Structure & writing
1 开 kāi — to open (something closed, opposite of 关/合)
开 is a component in 5 characters
HSK 4
并 bìng to merge; to combine into one 研 yán to grind finely
HSK 5
形 xíng appearance; shape
HSK 7
刑 xíng criminal punishment; legal penalty imposed by the state on offenders 荆 jīng chaste tree (a deciduous shrub with long-stalked palmate leaves, blue-purple flowers, and tough branches used for weaving baskets; branches formerly used as a flogging instrument)

开 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 庭 tíng — hall; main room of a house

庭 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 广 guǎng — wide; broad (opposite of 狭)
广 is a component in 31 characters
HSK 1
床 chuáng bed (furniture for sleeping) 店 diàn shop; store
HSK 3
应 yìng to reply; to answer 康 kāng healthy 矿 kuàng mineral resources
HSK 4
庆 qìng to congratulate; to celebrate 序 xù order; sequence 底 dǐ the bottom part (～子, ～儿) 度 dù instrument or unit for measuring length 座 zuò seat; honorific term for a high-ranking official in former times
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庭 tíng hall; main room of a house 麻 má herbaceous plant of the hemp family (e.g. cannabis, ramie, abutilon, flax); stem-bark fiber used to make rope and cloth
HSK 5
席 xí mat woven from reed, bamboo, or grass strips, used to cover a bed, floor, or build a shelter 库 kù storehouse; warehouse; storage facility 府 fǔ government office; organ of state power 扩 kuò to expand, enlarge; to increase in scope, scale, or quantity 腐 fǔ to rot; to decay
HSK 6
庄 zhuāng village; rural settlement 庞 páng large (in size or quantity) 廊 láng covered corridor or passageway under eaves
HSK 7
唐 táng boastful; exaggerated (in speech) 庇 bì to shelter, to shield 庙 miào ancestral shrine (where ancestral tablets are enshrined) 废 fèi to discontinue; to stop using 庸 yōng ordinary; mediocre
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廉 lián upright and honest; incorruptible 廓 kuò outer edge or contour of an object 旷 kuàng empty and vast; open and spacious 缠 chán to wind around, to wrap around 遮 zhē to block from view; to obscure 鹰 yīng hawk; eagle (a bird of prey with hooked beak, short neck, feathered legs, and sharp talons)
2.2 廷 tíng — imperial court, the place where the monarch held audiences in feudal times
廷 is a component in 3 characters
HSK 3
挺 tǐng stiff and straight
HSK 4
庭 tíng hall; main room of a house
HSK 7
艇 tǐng a light, fast boat or vessel under 500 tons, or a craft with special purposes, e.g. yacht, lifeboat, torpedo boat, submarine

Stroke order