Traditional: 拉開
拉开 (lā kāi) means “to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase”. It is an HSK 4 Chinese word (traditional 拉開) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
他拉开了窗帘。
Tā lākāi le chuānglián.
He pulled open the curtains.
Updated: 2026-07-18