开机
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
开机 (kāijī) · to turn on (a phone, computer etc.)
开机 (kāijī) means “to turn on (a phone, computer etc.)”. It is written with 2 characters: 开 (to open) + 机 (machine). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 开机 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)
机 jī · machine
What 机 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 几jǐ — how many
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
Origin hint: A table 几 made of wood 木; 几 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
电脑开机很慢。Diànnǎo kāijī hěn màn.The computer is slow to start up.
你的手机开机了吗？Nǐ de shǒujī kāijī le ma?Is your phone turned on?
Questions about 开机
What does 开机 mean?
开机 (kāijī) means “to turn on (a phone, computer etc.)”.
How do you pronounce 开机?
开机 is pronounced kāijī.
Which HSK level is 开机?
开机 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 打开dǎkāito open
- 开车kāichēto drive
- 开会kāihuìto have a meeting
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 分开fēnkāito separate
- 开心kāixīnhappy
- 开学kāixuéschool starts
- 离开líkāito leave
- 走开zǒukāito go away
- 公开gōngkāipublic
Learn 开机 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 75: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.