开打

Traditional form:

開打

Pinyin (reading):

kāidǎ

Definitions:

• (of a sports competition or match) to commence
• (of a war or battle) to break out
• to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera)
• to brawl
• to come to blows

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike