打开 (dǎkāi) means Opens (turn on). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请把麦克风 打开 。
Qǐng bǎ màikèfēng dǎkāi.
Please switch on the microphone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 麦克风
请 打开 窗户换换空气。
Qǐng dǎkāi chuānghu huànhuan kōngqì.
Please open the window to let in some fresh air.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 空气
他一句话就 打开 了局面。
Tā yí jù huà jiù dǎkāi le júmiàn.
One remark from him opened up the situation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局面
他 打开 一罐豆子倒进锅里。
Tā dǎkāi yí guàn dòuzi dào jìn guō lǐ.
He opened a can of beans and tipped them into the pot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 罐
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From the graded readers
我 打开 门，房间里很黑。
wǒ dǎkāi mén, fángjiān lǐ hěn hēi.
I opened the door and the room was dark.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我把箱子 打开 一看，愣住了。
wǒ bǎ xiāngzi dǎkāi yī kàn / kān, lèng zhùle.
I opened the box and stopped short.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
有一个旧箱子，我一直没 打开 。
yǒu yīgè jiù xiāngzi, wǒ yìzhí méi dǎkāi.
There was one old box I kept not opening.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
最后我把它 打开 了，里面全是我上大学时的照片和信。
zuìhòu wǒ bǎ tā dǎkāile, lǐmiàn quán shì wǒ shàng dàxué shí de / dì zhàopiàn hé xìn.
In the end I opened it: inside were all my photographs and letters from university.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
From the travel phrasebook
水要 打开 喝一口。
Shuǐ yào dǎkāi hē yì kǒu.
Open your water and take a sip.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
Questions about 打开
How is 打开 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 打开 (dǎkāi, "Opens (turn on)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Where can I see the full entry for 打开?
The dictionary page for 打开 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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