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开发

kāi fā

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 開發

开发 (kāi fā) means "to exploit (a resource)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 开发 means

1. to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

The characters in 开发

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Words starting with 开发

• 开发商kāi fā shāngdeveloper (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
• 开发区kāi fā qūdevelopment zone
• 开发者kāi fā zhědeveloper
• 开发人员kāi fā rén yuándeveloper
• 开发周期kāi fā zhōu qīdevelopment cycle; development period; also written 开发周期
• 开发银行kāi fā yín hángdevelopment bank

Words containing 开发

• 软件开发ruǎn jiàn kāi fāsoftware development
• 亚洲开发银行Yà zhōu Kāi fā Yín hángAsian Development Bank
• 国家开发银行Guó jiā Kāi fā Yín hángChina Development Bank
• 非洲开发银行Fēi zhōu Kāi fā Yín hángAfrican Development Bank
• 联合国开发计划署Lián hé guó Kāi fā Jì huà shǔUnited Nations Development Program
• 洋浦经济开发区Yáng pǔ jīng jì kāi fā qūYangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan

Where 开发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Business, Trade & Finance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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