开放

• 拼音: kāi fàng
• 汉字拆解: 开 = simplified from 開, meaning to open; 放 = 方 (direction, phonetic) + 攵 (to strike), meaning to release or let go

含义

To open up; open; to be accessible. Describes making something available to the public or adopting a liberal attitude.

Can be used for physical places (the park is open), policies (open-door policy), attitudes (open-minded), or events (open to registration). Historically associated with China's Reform and Opening Up (改革开放) policy. Can also describe flowers blooming.

例句

1. 这个公园免费对市民开放。
2. 中国的改革开放改变了很多。
3. 他是一个思想很开放的人。

用法指南

语境: policy, access, attitude

语气: progressive

正确说法

• 图书馆周末也开放吗？(Is the library open on weekends too?)
• 年轻人的想法越来越开放了。(Young people's thinking is becoming more and more open.)

错误说法

• 请开放门。(Don't use 开放 for physically opening a door — use 打开. 开放 is for access policies and attitudes. Say 请打开门.)

起源与历史

Compound of 开 (to open) and 放 (to release, to let go). Together: 'to open and release' — making something accessible and unrestricted.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal