開恩

See also: 开恩

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	kind act (from above)
trad. (開恩)		開	恩
simp. (开恩)		开	恩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāi'ēn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ jan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-ên

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāi'ēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kai-en
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-ên¹
  - Yale: kāi-ēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaien
  - Palladius: кайэнь (kajɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ jan¹
  - Yale: hōi yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-ên
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ en^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ en¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ en²⁴/

Verb

開恩

to bestow favour; to show mercy
- 如今只是求嚴老爺開恩，高抬貴手，恕過他罷。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  如今只是求严老爷开恩，高抬贵手，恕过他罢。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Rújīn zhǐ shì qiú Yán lǎoyé kāi'ēn, gāotáiguìshǒu, shù guò tā bà. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 求你使我離開奸詐的道，開恩將你的律法賜給我！ [MSC, trad.]
  求你使我离开奸诈的道，开恩将你的律法赐给我！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 詩篇 (Psalm) 119:29
  Qiú nǐ shǐ wǒ líkāi jiānzhà de dào, kāi'ēn jiāng nǐ de lǜfǎ cìgěi wǒ! [Pinyin]
  Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.