南开 Traditional form: 南開 Pinyin (reading): Nánkāi Definitions: Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市 ( Tiānjīnshì) Characters: 南 - south; southern; southward 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin Traditional characters: 南 - south; southern; southward 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin