开 动

kāidòng

“To start” in Chinese is 开动 (kāidòng).

Meaning

to start
to set in motion
to move

Show 3 more meanings

to march
to dig in (eating)
to tuck in (eating)

Example

我没法让车开动。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kāiHSK 14 strokesto open (transitive or intransitive)dòngHSK 16 strokes(of sth) to move

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