离开lí kāito depart; to leave
离开 (lí kāi) means "to depart" or "to leave," as in 他明天离开这里 (He leaves here tomorrow), 我们早上七点离开家 (We leave home at seven in the morning) and 你什么时候离开学校 (When do you leave school?). In all three, 离开 means to leave a place. This entry covers this one sense.
What does 离开 mean?
- 1.
to depart; to leaveverb
What do the characters in 离开 mean?
- 离to leave
- 开(directional complement) away; off
How do you use 离开?
See it in 他明天离开这里, 我们早上七点离开家 and 你什么时候离开学校.
Patterns
离开 + place
我们早上七点离开家。
Wǒmen zǎoshang qī diǎn lí kāi jiā.
We leave home at seven in the morning.
What are some examples of 离开 in a sentence?
How is 离开 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你要走了吗?
Nǐ yào zǒu le ma?
Are you going?
- Speaker B:
对,我现在就离开。
Duì, wǒ xiànzài jiù líkāi.
Yes, I'm leaving right now.
- Speaker A:
明天还来吗?
Míngtiān hái lái ma?
Are you coming again tomorrow?
- Speaker B:
不来了。
Bù lái le.
I'm not coming.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.