開篇

start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article