HSK 3 · Work & Career

开业

kāi yè

to open for business

Stroke order of 开业

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

开 · 4 strokes业 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Open 开 a trade 业: the store opens its doors.

Parts: 开 open + 业 business

The characters in 开业

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)

Example sentence

新商店明天开业。

The new store opens tomorrow.

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 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 展开to unfold; to launch

Words with 业

作业homework 职业occupation; profession 就业to get a job; employment 创业to start a business 事业career; cause 专业major; specialty; professional 工业industry 农业agriculture 商业commerce; business

More words: Work & Career

职业occupation; profession 工资wages; salary 就业to get a job; employment 创业to start a business 退休to retire 事业career; cause 任务task; mission 责任responsibility; duty 负责to be responsible for 从事to be engaged in 经营to run (a business)生意business; trade 资格qualifications 人才talented person; talent 志愿者volunteer 志愿wish; to volunteer

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