开会
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
开会 (kāihuì) · to have a meeting
开会 (kāihuì) means “to have a meeting”. It is written with 2 characters: 开 (to open) + 会 (can). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 开会 is built
The characters
开 kāi · to open
What 开 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
Origin hint: Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
会 huì · can
What 会 is made of
- 人rén — person
- 云yún — cloud
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: People 人 speaking 云 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
王老师在开会。Wáng lǎoshī zài kāihuì.Teacher Wang is in a meeting.
我们几点开会？Wǒmen jǐ diǎn kāihuì?What time is our meeting?
Questions about 开会
What does 开会 mean?
开会 (kāihuì) means “to have a meeting”.
How do you pronounce 开会?
开会 is pronounced kāihuì.
Which HSK level is 开会?
开会 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 开车kāichēto drive
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 分开fēnkāito separate
- 开机kāijīto turn on (a phone, computer etc.)
- 开心kāixīnhappy
- 开学kāixuéschool starts
- 离开líkāito leave
- 走开zǒukāito go away
- 公开gōngkāipublic
Learn 开会 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 44: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.