揭開

Chinese

		lift off (a cover); divulge	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (揭開)		揭	開
simp. (揭开)		揭	开

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiēkāi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄎㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ hoi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giah-khui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiēkāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄎㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiekai
  - Wade–Giles: chieh¹-kʻai¹
  - Yale: jyē-kāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiekai
  - Palladius: цзекай (czekaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kit³ hoi¹
  - Yale: kit hōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ hoi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³ hoi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giah-khui
  - Tâi-lô: giah-khui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giahquy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡia(ʔ)⁵ kʰui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰui⁴⁴/

Verb

揭開

(literally, figuratively) to uncover; to open; to lift (a curtain)
揭開帷幕／揭开帷幕 ― jiēkāi wéimù ― to lift the curtain; to unveil; to begin

故宮裡有一堵牆，一直到現在才揭開。 [MSC, trad.]
故宫里有一堵墙，一直到现在才揭开。 [MSC, simp.]
Gùgōng lǐ yǒu yī dǔ qiáng, yīzhí dào xiànzài cái jiēkāi. [Pinyin]
There is a wall in the Forbidden City that has not been opened until now.

Synonyms

掀開／掀开 (xiānkāi)