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南开大学

Nán kāi Dà xuédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Nankai University (Tianjin)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-618c9f5f731f4c5e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

南開大學 南开大学 [Nan2 kai1 Da4 xue2] /Nankai University (Tianjin)/

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Other forms in these source records: 南開大學

  • 南
    nā

    used in 南無|南无[nā mó] / Taiwan pr. [ná]

    nán

    south

    Nán

    surname Nan

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 学
    xué

    to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.