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开走 (kāi zǒu) — to drive away (a vehicle or military unit)

Definition

A verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'drive a vehicle away' (a car, truck) or 'march off' for a military unit. In the 把 construction, split as 把车开走了.

verb
to drive away (a vehicle or military unit)

Examples

  • 开走。
    Tā bǎ chē kāi zǒu le.
    He drove the car away.
  • 开走。
    Bù duì zǎo shàng jiù kāi zǒu le.
    The troops moved away in the morning.
  • 开走。
    Nà liàng kǎ chē yǐ jīng kāi zǒu le.
    That truck has already driven away.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

开kāidrive
走zǒugo away

开 is driving, and 走 adds the idea of going away, so the word means to drive away.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original shape showed a running man, with a foot added later.

Open 走 →
Appears in
Vehicles

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