nǐng kāi

Traditional: 擰開

拧开 (nǐng kāi) is a Chinese word meaning “to unscrew; to twist off (a lid); to turn on (a faucet)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to unscrew
  2. 2to twist off (a lid)
  3. 3to turn on (a faucet)
  4. 4to switch on (by turning a knob)
  5. 5to turn (a door handle)
  6. 6to wrench apart

Characters in 拧开

拧níng · to pinch开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave开心to feel happy打开to open开枪to open fire放开to let go开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke开车to drive a car (or train etc)走开to leave; to walk away; to beat it开门(lit. and fig.) to open a door分开to separate

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