kāi
开方
open; start; operate
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to write/issue a prescription
informalUsed by doctors or practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine; often followed by the particle '儿' (kāifānɡr) in colloquial speech.
Yī医
shēng生
gěi给
wǒ我
kāi开
le了
ge个
fāng方
zi子
。
The doctor wrote me a prescription.
Zhè这
ge个
lǎo老
zhōng中
yī医
kāi开
fāng方
r儿
hěn很
zhǔn准
。
This old practitioner of Chinese medicine is very accurate in prescribing.
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Tā他
kàn看
bìng病
hòu后
，
jiù就
qù去
yào药
fáng房
kāi开
yào药
fāng方
le了
。
After seeing the doctor, he went to the pharmacy to get the prescription filled.
verb
to perform the mathematical operation of extracting the nth root
technicalA technical term in mathematics.
Bā8
shí1
yī开
kāi4
4次
cì方
fāng等
děng于
yú±
±3
。
The fourth root of 81 is ±3.
Wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
jì计
suàn算
zhè这
ge个
shù数
de的
píng平
fāng方
gēn根
，
suǒ所
yǐ以
yào要
jìn进
xíng行
kāi开
fāng方
。
We need to calculate the square root of this number, so we must perform the root extraction.
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Zhè这
ge个
jì计
suàn算
qì器
kě可
yǐ以
kāi开
fāng方
yùn运
suàn算
。
This calculator can perform root extraction.