開開
See also: 开开
Chinese
| open; operate (vehicle); start | open; operate (vehicle); start | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (開開) | 開 | 開 | |
| simp. (开开) | 开 | 开 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kāikāi → kāikai (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄞ → ㄎㄞ ˙ㄎㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: kaikåi
- Wade–Giles: kʻai1-kʻai5
- Yale: kāi-kai
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai.kai
- Palladius: кайкай (kajkaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/ → /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: "kāikai" - when no element is inserted between the verb 開 and the complement 開.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui--khui
- Tâi-lô: khui--khui
- (Hokkien)
Verb
開⫽開 (verb-complement)
- (Southern Min, colloquial Mandarin) to open (books (Southern Min), drawers, parcels, doors, etc)
- 把電閘開開／把电闸开开 ― bǎ diànzhá kāi kai ― to turn on the switch on the circuit breaker
- 窗戶開不開了。／窗户开不开了。 ― Chuānghu kāi bù kāi le. ― The window became unable to be opened.
- 遇必要的時候，她們必須在門口買點針線或青菜什麼的，也只把門開開一點縫子，仿佛怕走漏了門中什麼秘密似的。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1944, Lao She, Four Generations Under One Roof, chapter 2
- Yù bìyào de shíhòu, tāmen bìxū zài ménkǒu mǎi diǎn zhēnxiàn huò qīngcài shénme de, yě zhǐ bǎ mén kāi kāi yī diǎn fèngzi, fǎngfú pà zǒulòu le mén zhōng shénme mìmì shìde. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
遇必要的时候，她们必须在门口买点针线或青菜什么的，也只把门开开一点缝子，仿佛怕走漏了门中什么秘密似的。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-khui
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-khui
- Tâi-lô: khui-khui
- Phofsit Daibuun: qui'quy
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kʰui³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
開開
Pronunciation 3
Adverb
開開
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 剛才 (“just now”) [map]
References
- “開開”, 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.
- “開開”, 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.