開口笑

Chinese

		to open one's mouth; to start talking	laugh; smile
trad. (開口笑)		開口	笑
simp. (开口笑)		开口	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikǒuxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hoi¹ hêu³ xiau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikǒuxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikǒusiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻou³-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: kāi-kǒu-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikooushiaw
    • Palladius: кайкоусяо (kajkousjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikǒurxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇㄦ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikǒursiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻou³-ʼrh-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: kāi-kǒur-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikooulshiaw
    • Palladius: кайкоурсяо (kajkoursjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hoi¹ hêu³ xiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hoɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ heu³¹ siau⁵³/

Noun

開口笑

1. deep-fried sesame cookie ball

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 開口笑 (“deep-fried sesame cookie ball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開口笑
Mandarin	Beijing	開口兒笑
	Liuzhou	開口棗
	Nanning (Wuming)	開口棗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笑口棗, 開口棗, 坼口棗
	Hong Kong	笑口棗
	Dongguan	笑口棗
	Nanning	開口棗
	Nanning (Tanka)	開口棗
Hakka	Meixian	笑棗, 開口笑
Southern Min	Shantou	開口棗
Wu	Suzhou	開口笑
	Hangzhou	開口笑
	Wenzhou	開口笑, 麻球