开国

開國

kāiguó

verb #31,260

Meanings

1 to found a state
2 to establish a nation
3 founding (of a country, used attributively)

Characters

to open; to establish

Examples

他被誉为开国元勋。

Tā bèi yù wéi kāiguó yuánxūn.

He is hailed as a founding father of the nation.

1949年是新中国开国的年份。

Yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián shì xīn Zhōngguó kāiguó de niánfèn.

1949 was the year the new China was founded.

Tips

usage

开国 most often appears attributively in compounds: 开国皇帝 (founding emperor), 开国元勋 (founding hero/father), 开国大典 (founding ceremony — specifically the Oct 1, 1949 ceremony in Tian'anmen Square that proclaimed the PRC).

Stroke Order

开 kāi

国 guó