開題

See also: 开题

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (開題)		開	題
simp. (开题)		开	题

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāití

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄊㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāití
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄊㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaití
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tʻi²
  - Yale: kāi-tí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaityi
  - Palladius: кайти (kajti)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khoj dej

Rime
Character	開	題
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	苦哀切	杜奚切
Baxter	khoj	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/dei/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/diei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi¹	tai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːl deː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	開	開
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kāi	kāi
Middle Chinese	‹ khoj ›	‹ khoj ›
Old Chinese	/*Nə-[k]ʰˁəj/	/*[k]ʰˁəj/
English	to open (v.i.)	to open (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	開	題
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	7348	11623
Phonetic component	開	是
Rime group	微	支
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	開	嗁
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːl/	/*deː/

Verb

開題

to begin a discussion on a particular topic
to preach

Derived terms

開題報告 / 开题报告 (kāití bàogào)

Proper noun

開題

Name of an ancient state.