开杆

Traditional form:

開杆

Pinyin (reading):

kāigān

Definitions:

• (of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 杆 - cane, pole, stick

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 杆 - cane, pole, stick