开源

開源

kāiyuán

adjective

Meanings

1 open-source
2 to open up new sources of revenue

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

公司今年既要开源，又要节流。

Gōngsī jīnnián jì yào kāiyuán, yòu yào jiéliú.

This year the company has to both bring in new revenue and cut costs.

HSK 5

这个软件是开源的，谁都可以免费使用。

Zhège ruǎnjiàn shì kāiyuán de, shéi dōu kěyǐ miǎnfèi shǐyòng.

This software is open source, so anyone can use it for free.

Tips

usage

The computing sense is short for 开放源代码 'open source code', and the word also works as a verb: 公司决定开源 'the company decided to open-source it'. The older sense comes from 开源节流 'open up sources and restrict the outflow', that is, earn more and spend less.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

源 yuán