開喙

開⫽喙 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to open one's mouth; to start talking
2. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to show one's intention
3. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to make a quote; to state a price
4. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to speak kindly for someone
5. (Hokkien) to become cracked or damaged at the rim or bottom (of a container)
6. (Puxian Min) a custom where a four-month-old baby's mouth is wiped with cooked sheep's tail (or pig's tail in Xianyou), symbolizing their first introduction to meat

• (to open one's mouth): 開口／开口 (kāikǒu), 動嘴／动嘴 (dòngzuǐ), 開嘴／开嘴
• (to show one's intention): 開口／开口 (kāikǒu), 啟齒／启齿 (qǐchǐ) (literary)
• (to make a quote): 開價／开价 (kāijià), 出價／出价 (chūjià)

• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “開嘴”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 199
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “開嘴”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 362
• “開喙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “开喙”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 338.