HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

开动

kāidòng

Traditional: 開動

to start

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Meaning of 开动 in English

kāidòngHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #7701
  1. to start
  2. to set in motion
  3. to move
  4. to march
  5. to dig in (eating)
  6. to tuck in (eating)

Characters

开 on its own →
kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

HSK words with 开

开HSK 1开车HSK 1打开HSK 2开始HSK 2开学HSK 2分开HSK 3开花HSK 3开会HSK 3开机HSK 3开心HSK 3
动 on its own →
dòng · to set in movement

HSK words with 动

动HSK 2运动HSK 2动物HSK 3动物园HSK 3运动会HSK 3运动员HSK 3动车HSK 4动作HSK 4感动HSK 4活动HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences