开杆

开杆	kāi gān	(of a snooker competition or golf tournament) to start; to kick off
开	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format
杆	gān	pole / CL:条,根
杆	gǎn	stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns