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离开 (lí kāi): Leave (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

离 • lí • to be distant from; to leave • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
lí离

to be distant from; to leave

开 • kāi • to switch on; open • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
kāi开

to switch on; open

Word Info

Pinyinlí kāi
Meaningleave
Characters2
SyntaxVerb

HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 离开.

  • 遇到yù dàoto meet
  • 地图dì túmap
  • 相信xiāng xìnto believe
  • 经理jīng lǐmanager
  • 重要zhòng yàoimportant
  • 还是hái shì...or...? [in a question]
  • 练习liàn xíto practise
  • 生气shēng qìto get angry
  • 热情rè qíngenthusiastic
  • 文化wén huàculture
  • 参加cān jiāto take part
  • 行李箱xíng li xiāngtrunk [luggage]
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 离开.

Words with 离
  • 距离jù lídistance; be away from
  • 远离yuǎn líto be far from
  • 分离fēn líto separate
  • 离婚
4.

How to Use 离开 in Sentences

Verb + Object
lí离
kāi开
xué学
xiào校
neutral
leave school
lí离
kāi开
jiā家
neutral
leave home
Verb + Complementwith一会儿
líkāi yīhuìr
离开一会儿
neutralSpoken
Adverb + Verbwith马上
mǎ马
shàng上
lí离
kāi开
Auxiliary + Verbwith不得不
bù不
dé得
bù不
lí离
kāi开
5.

Example Sentences with 离开

wǒ我
lí离
kāi开
jiā家
。
I leave home.
lí hūn
divorce
  • 离职lí zhíto leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study)
  • 脱离tuō líseparate oneself from; break away from
  • 隔离gé líisolate; keep apart; segregate
  • 偏离piān lídeviate
    • Words with 开
    • 开车kāi chēto drive a car
    • 开始kāi shǐto begin
    • 开学kāi xuéfoundation of a University or College
    • 打开dǎ kāito open
    • 分开fēn kāito separate
    • 开会kāi huìto hold a meeting
    • 开机kāi jīto start an engine
    • 开花kāi huāto bloom; to blossom; to flower
    leave for a while
    neutral
    leave immediately
    neutral
    have to leave
    dài代
    biǎo表
    tuán团
    jiāng将
    yú于
    xià下
    zhōu周
    yī一
    zhèng正
    shì式
    lí离
    kāi开
    běn本
    shì市
    ，
    qián前
    wǎng往
    xià下
    yí一
    zhàn站
    fǎng访
    wèn问
    。
    The delegation will officially leave the city next Monday to visit the next stop.
    tā他
    míng明
    tiān天
    yào要
    lí离
    kāi开
    běi北
    jīng京
    qù去
    shàng上
    hǎi海
    gōng工
    zuò作
    。
    He will leave Beijing for Shanghai to work tomorrow.
    nǐ你
    dǎ打
    suàn算
    shén什
    me么
    shí时
    hòu候
    lí离
    kāi开
    zhè这
    ge个
    ràng让
    nǐ你
    gǎn感
    dào到
    yā压
    yì抑
    de的
    huán环
    jìng境
    ？
    When do you plan to leave this environment that makes you feel oppressive?
    méi没
    yǒu有
    wán完
    chéng成
    shǒu手
    tóu头
    de的
    gōng工
    zuò作
    ，
    tā他
    jiān坚
    jué决
    bù不
    lí离
    kāi开
    gōng公
    sī司
    。
    Without finishing the work at hand, he firmly refuses to leave the company.