開戰

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (開戰)		開	戰
simp. (开战)		开	战

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāizhàn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄓㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ zin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khôi-chan

(Hailu, HRS): koi^ˋ zhan^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kai¹ zeng⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khai-chiàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): kui¹ ziêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāizhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄓㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaijhàn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chan⁴
  - Yale: kāi-jàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijann
  - Palladius: кайчжань (kajčžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ zin³
  - Yale: hōi jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-chan
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ zan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ zan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˋ zhan^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi⁵³ t͡ʃan¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kai¹ zeng⁴ [Phonetic: kai² leng⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kai-ce̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(t͡s-)lɛŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kai¹ zeng⁴ [Phonetic: kai² leng⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(t͡s-)lɛŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-chiàn
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tsiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaiciexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɛn²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kui¹ ziêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khui tsièng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui³³⁻²³ t͡sieŋ²¹³/

Verb

開戰

to start a war
(games) to start a battle or duel in a match

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 37.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	戰
かい Grade: 3	せん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 開戰 – see the following entry.

【開戦かいせん】

[noun] outbreak of war

[verb] make war, open war

(This term, 開戰, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
開	戰

Noun

開戰 • (gaejeon) (hangeul 개전)

hanja form^? of 개전 (“starting of a war”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
開	戰

Verb

開戰

chữ Hán form of khai chiến (“to start a war”)