# 开采 (kāicǎi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 开采 (kāicǎi) means “to mine; to extract (resources)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to mine; to extract (resources)
- Pinyin: kāicǎi (kai1 cai3)
- Traditional: 開採
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这里正在开采煤矿。
  Zhèlǐ zhèngzài kāicǎi méikuàng.
  Coal is being mined here.

## Characters

- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on
- [采](https://hanziro.com/word/cai-pick/) (cǎi): to pick; to gather

https://hanziro.com/word/kai-cai-mine/

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