WordTaiwan frequency #29,478
開宗明義
ㄎㄞ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ
“to state the main point or purpose right at the beginning of a speech or piece of writing”
AI-written definition, grounded in Unihan and Moedict. How this works
§
Characters in this word
4 characters · tap any to see its full entry
開
ㄎㄞ
To open or unfasten; to start or begin; to operate a vehicle or machine; to turn on; to write out; to bloom; to boil; to launch; to discover.
宗
ㄗㄨㄥ
Ancestor; lineage; clan; sect or school of thought; purpose or main idea; surname Zong; classifier for batches or cases.
明
ㄇㄧㄥˊ
bright; light; clear; to understand; to make clear; to shine; public; the Ming Dynasty.
義
ㄧˋ
Justice; righteousness; right conduct; meaning; artificial; foster (father); relationship; friendship; Italy (abbr. in Taiwan).
§
Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 開始ㄎㄞ ㄕˇto begin; to start; beginning; initial; to set about; to get underway
- 意義ㄧˋ ㄧˋmeaning; sense; significance; importance.
- 離開ㄌㄧˊ ㄎㄞto leave; to depart; to go away from a place or person.
- 主義ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋdoctrine; ideology; -ism; a system of ideas or principles forming a theory or school of thought.
- 說明ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊto explain; to illustrate; to show; explanation; directions; caption
- 開放ㄎㄞ ㄈㄤˋto open; to make accessible to the public; to liberalize restrictions; to bloom; to be open-minded; sexually uninhibited
- 明顯ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇobvious; clear; evident; plain to see; unmistakable; clearly apparent
- 明年ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊnext year; the year following the current one.
- 開發ㄎㄞ ㄈㄚto develop; to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to pay; to spend money
- 公開ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄞopen; not hidden; public; to make public; to release; to disclose
- 開心ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣhappy; glad; joyful; to have a great time; to make fun of someone; to open one's heart to others; to enlighten the mind
- 證明ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊproof; evidence; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of