开具 (kāi jù) — (rare, non-standard) opener, (bottle/etc.) opener

Definition

开具 (kāijù) is a formal written verb meaning 'to issue / draw up' a document such as a receipt, certificate, or invoice — not a physical tool like the example gloss 'opener' suggests. Most often seen in official or bureaucratic contexts (开具发票, 开具证明).

noun
(rare, non-standard) opener(bottle/etc.) opener
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 开具。
    Zhè ge kāi jù hěn shí yòng.
    This opener is very practical.
  • 开具。
    Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn de kāi jù.
    I bought a new opener.
  • 开具。
    Zhè ge kāi jù kě yǐ kāi pí jiǔ píng.
    This opener can open beer bottles.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

开kāiissue/write out
具jùprepare/provide

开 issue/write out and 具 prepare/provide work together to mean drawing up a document.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 开 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.

Open 具 →

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