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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 开荤

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
开荤 kāi hūn - to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
- (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 88,230 42,085

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
hūn- strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
- non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
- vulgar
- obscene
xūn- used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1yu4]

Other Words Containing 开荤

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo