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

HSK 2

1949年是新中国开国的年份。

Yījiǔsìjiǔ nián shì xīn Zhōngguó kāiguó de niánfèn.

1949 was the year the new China was founded.

HSK 7-9

他被誉为开国元勋。

Tā bèi yùwéi kāiguó yuánxūn.

He is hailed as a founding father of the nation.

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