開叉

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
trad. (開叉)		開	叉
simp. (开叉)		开	叉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāichà, kāichā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄔㄚˋ, ㄎㄞㄔㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ caa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-chhe / khui-chhee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāichà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄔㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaichà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻa⁴
  - Yale: kāi-chà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichah
  - Palladius: кайча (kajča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāichā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄔㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaicha
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻa¹
  - Yale: kāi-chā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaicha
  - Palladius: кайча (kajča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ caa¹
  - Yale: hōi chā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tsaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ ca¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-chhe
  - Tâi-lô: khui-tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quizhef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ t͡sʰe³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-chhee
  - Tâi-lô: khui-tshee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

開叉

(of hair) to develop split ends
頭髮開叉怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
头发开叉怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]
Tóufa kāichā zěnmebàn? [Pinyin]
What can I do about split ends?
(Southern Min) to bifurcate; to fork and develop two ends

Noun

開叉

(dresses, etc.) vent; slit