HSK 3 · Building & Founding

展开

zhǎn kāi

to unfold; to launch

Stroke order of 展开

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

展 · 10 strokes开 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Spread out (展) and open (开) like unrolling a scroll.

Parts: 展 unfold + 开 open

The characters in 展开

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)

Example sentence

请把地图展开。

Please unfold the map.

Words with 展

发展to develop; development 进展progress; to make progress 开展to carry out; to launch

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch

More words: Building & Founding

发动to start; to launch 建to build 建成to complete (building)建立to establish 建设to build; construction 成立to found; to establish 设立to set up 设计to design; design 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 举办to hold (an event)创造to create 产生to produce; to arise 造成to cause 发生to happen

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