Activate in Chinese
to activate (a line, service or account) · HSK 5
开通
- 开 to open
- 通 to go through
我刚开通了网上银行。 I just activated online banking.
More words with 开 or 通
How do you say activate in Chinese?
Activate in Chinese is 开通 (kāi tōng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
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