开走

開走

kāizǒu

verb #18,827

Meanings

1 to drive away
2 to drive off
3 to take (a vehicle) away

Characters

to drive; to operate

Examples

他把车开走了。

Tā bǎ chē kāizǒu le.

He drove the car away.

火车已经开走了，你没赶上。

Huǒchē yǐjīng kāizǒu le, nǐ méi gǎnshàng.

The train has already left — you missed it.

Tips

grammar

开走 is a verb-complement structure: 开 (to drive/operate) + 走 (away). The complement 走 indicates movement away from the current location.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

走 zǒu