开征

開徵

kāizhēng

verb

Meanings

1 to begin levying (a tax)
2 to start collecting taxes
3 to introduce a new tax

Characters

to start; to open

to levy; to collect (tax)

Examples

HSK 6

政府决定明年开征房产税。

Zhèngfǔ juédìng míngnián kāizhēng fángchǎn shuì.

The government has decided to begin levying property tax next year.

HSK 7-9

新关税将于下月开征。

Xīn guānshuì jiāng yú xiàyuè kāizhēng.

The new tariff will start being collected next month.

Tips

register

Formal/legal vocabulary - appears almost exclusively in news reports about tax policy and government announcements. The object is always a tax or levy, never something you'd 'collect' in casual speech.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

征 zhēng