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title: "Kaiting Meaning: 开庭 (kāitíng) Means “to open a court session”"
description: "开庭 (traditional 開庭, kāitíng) means “to open a court session; to hold a hearing”. Hear its tones, see what 开 and 庭 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaiting"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 开庭 mean?

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开庭 kāitíng

## to open a court session; to hold a hearing

## Its characters

1. 开 kāi to open
2. 庭 tíng law court (as in 法庭, 开庭)

## In a sentence

这个案子下周一开庭。 The hearing for this case is next Monday.

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## More words with 开 or 庭

- [打开 dǎkāi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dakai)
- [法庭 fǎtíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fating)
- [分开 fēnkāi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fenkai)
- [公开 gōngkāi](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/gongkai)
- [家庭 jiātíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiating)
- [开场 kāichǎng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaichang)
- [开车 kāichē](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaiche)
- [开除 kāichú](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaichu)
- [开创 kāichuàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaichuang)
- [开发 kāifā](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kaifa)

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