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Jyutping haau1 hoi1
Pinyin qiāo kāi

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    to knock on a door until someone opens it

敲開 [-开]

Jyutping
Pinyin qiāo kāi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to get sth open by tapping or striking it
  2. (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~
  3. to gain access to ~
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    竞选活动的声势也来自那些已不再年轻的人们,他们冒着严寒酷暑,敲开陌生人的家门进行竞选宣传;竞选声势也源自数百万的美国民众,他们充当志愿者和组织者,他们证明了在两百多年以后,民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。
    競選活動的聲勢也來自那些已不再年輕的人們,他們冒着嚴寒酷暑,敲開陌生人的家門進行競選宣傳;競選聲勢也源自數百萬的美國民眾,他們充當志願者和組織者,他們證明了在兩百多年以後,民有、民治、民享的政府並未從地球上消失。這是你們的勝利。
    jìng xuǎn huó dòng de shēng shì yě lái zì nà xiē yǐ bù zài nián qīng de rén men , tā men mào zhe yán hán kù shǔ , qiāo kāi mò shēng rén de jiā mén jìn xíng jìng xuǎn xuān chuán ; jìng xuǎn shēng shì yě yuán zì shù bǎi wàn de měi guó mín zhòng , tā men chōng dāng zhì yuàn zhě hé zǔ zhī zhě , tā men zhèng míng le zài liǎng bǎi duō nián yǐ hòu , mín yǒu 、 mín zhì 、 mín xiǎng de zhèng fǔ bìng wèi cóng dì qiú shàng xiāo shī 。 zhè shì nǐ men de shèng lì 。
    • It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
  2. Mandarin
    玛丽娅拿了一个鸡蛋,并将它在碗沿上敲开。
    瑪麗婭拿了一個雞蛋,並將它在碗沿上敲開。
    mǎ lì yà ná le yí gè jī dàn , bìng jiāng tā zài wǎn yán shàng qiāo kāi 。
    • Mary took an egg and cracked it open on the rim of the bowl.
  3. Mandarin
    玛丽娅拿了一个鸡蛋,并在碗沿上将它敲开。
    瑪麗婭拿了一個雞蛋,並在碗沿上將它敲開。
    mǎ lì yà ná le yí gè jī dàn , bìng zài wǎn yán shàng jiàng tā qiāo kāi 。
    • Mary took an egg and cracked it open on the rim of the bowl.