南开

南開

Nánkāi

proper noun #56,163

Meanings

1 Nankai University, in Tianjin
2 Nankai District of Tianjin

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他是南开的学生。

Tā shì Nánkāi de xuésheng.

He's a Nankai student.

HSK 2

我家在南开，离南开大学很近。

Wǒ jiā zài Nánkāi, lí Nánkāi Dàxué hěn jìn.

I live in Nankai District, close to Nankai University.

Tips

usage

南开 is the usual short name for 南开大学, never 南大, which means Nanjing University. The university was founded in 1919 by 张伯苓 and 严修, who had opened the Nankai school before it, and 周恩来 studied there.

Stroke Order

南 nán

开 kāi