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睁开

zhēng kāi

2-character word Traditional 睜開

What 睁开 means

1. to open (one's eyes)

The characters in 睁开

• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

Example sentences

• 睁开眼睛。
  Open your eyes.
• 请睁开眼睛。
  Open your eyes, please.
• 我睁开一只眼睛。
  Wǒ zhēngkāi yī zhī yǎnjing.
  I opened one eye.
• 我睁开了一只眼睛。
  I opened one eye.
• 刚出生的小鸡还没有睁开眼睛。
  Gāng chūshēng de xiǎojī hái méiyǒu zhēngkāi yǎnjing.
  The newborn chicks still have not opened their eyes.
• 闭着你的眼睛直到我告诉你睁开为止。
  Bìzhe nǐ de yǎnjing zhídào wǒ gàosu nǐ zhēngkāi wéizhǐ.
  Keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them.