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开业 (kāi yè) — to open (a business); to start operations

Definition

开业 means a business officially opening for the first time. Unlike 营业 (being open for business, day-to-day operations), 开业 marks the launch itself. 开张 is similar but more colloquial.

verb
to open (a business)to start operations

Examples

  • 开业。
    Zhè jiā chāo shì shì qù nián kāi yè de.
    This supermarket opened last year.
  • 开业。
    Xīn gōng sī kāi yè nà tiān lái le hěn duō kè rén.
    Many guests came on the day the new company opened.
  • 开业。
    Tā men zhèng zài zhǔn bèi kāi yè diǎn lǐ.
    They are preparing for the opening ceremony.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

开kāiopen
业yèbusiness

To 开 a business: 开 means open and 业 means enterprise.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 5Business & Commerce

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