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离开

lí kāi

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 離開

离开 (lí kāi) means "to depart; to leave". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 离开 means

1. to depart; to leave

The characters in 离开

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

Example sentences

• 离开这里。
  Get out of here.
• 离开草坪!
  Get off the lawn!
• 请你离开。
  Please leave.
• 他刚离开家。
  He has just left home.
• 我离开了他。
  I took leave of him.
• 你必须离开。
  You need to leave.

Words starting with 离开

• 离开人世lí kāi rén shìto die; to leave this world

Where 离开 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel & Transport (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lí kāi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.