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Change log entry 57387
Processed by: ycandau (2015-05-13 18:30:12 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 53392 - submitted by 'vermillon' >>
Where would you guys think is the best place to add the paper format meaning of 开?
16开 is roughly A4 : the 开-format expressed as 2^(number of folds) of the 全开 (which would be 2^0=1开), which is roughly A0 while the A-format is the number of folds.
So 32开=A5, 8开=A3 etc.

开 also seems to be used for (gold only?) carats.

Editor: taking care of what has been suggested.
The 开 system is in fact the same as the Western one, but the reference page (variable of course), it seems, is usually bigger.
There are other additions possible, see discussion.
Diff:
# = 開 开 [kai1] /to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin/
 
# Editor:
- 開 开 [kai1] /to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin/
+ 開 开 [kai1] /to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/to operate (a vehicle)/carat (gold)/abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]/abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format/
 
# "page layout" usually means sth else (margins etc)
- 開本 开本 [kai1 ben3] /format (page layout for printing)/
+ 開本 开本 [kai1 ben3] /book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16开 format is roughly A4)/abbr. to 開|开[kai1]/
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