Chinese Word of the Day - turn on (verb)

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

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开 (kāi) turn on (verb)

打开电视我们就可以看新闻了。
Dǎkāi diànshì wǒmen jiù kěyǐ kàn xīnwén le.
Turn on the television, so we can watch the news.

男人在开灯。
Nánrén zài kāi dēng.
The man is turning on the light.

男人开了灯。
Nánrén kāile dēng.
The man turned on the light.

男人打开灯。
Nánrén dǎkāi dēng.
The man turns on the light.

打开电视
dǎkāi diànshì
turn on the TV

开灯
kāi dēng
turn on a light

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