開釋

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	explain; to release
trad. (開釋)		開	釋
simp. (开释)		开	释

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāishì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaishìh
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: kāi-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishyh
  - Palladius: кайши (kajši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    揩拭
    開市 / 开市
    開示 / 开示
    開釋 / 开释
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ sik¹
  - Yale: hōi sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

開釋

to release (especially a prisoner); to set free; to liberate
to acquit
(literary) to explain; to elucidate

Synonyms

(to release):

敨放 (Hokkien, Hakka)
釋放 / 释放 (shìfàng) (literally, figuratively)
開出 / 开出 (kāichū) (literary)

(to explain):

交代 (jiāodài)
介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
分解 (fēnjiě)
拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
解說 / 解说 (jiěshuō)
解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì)
訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
說 / 说
說明 / 说明 (shuōmíng)
說解 / 说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
講明 / 讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
講解 / 讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
開拆 / 开拆 (Hokkien)
闡明 / 阐明 (chǎnmíng)
闡發 / 阐发 (chǎnfā)
闡說 / 阐说 (chǎnshuō)
闡論 / 阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
闡釋 / 阐释 (chǎnshì)
陳 / 陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)