開合

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
trad. (開合)		開	合
simp. (开合)		开	合

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāihé

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄏㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ hap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāihé
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaihé
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-ho²
  - Yale: kāi-hé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiher
  - Palladius: кайхэ (kajxɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ hap⁶
  - Yale: hōi hahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ hap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ heb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐp̚²/

Verb

開合

to separate and come together
to open and close

Noun

開合

(Chinese phonetics) 開口／开口 (kāikǒu, “open-mouthed”) and 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”); quality of being open-mouthed or closed-mouthed; medial
Synonym: 呼