開坑

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	pit; (by extension) fandom, franchise
trad. (開坑)		開	坑
simp. (开坑)		开	坑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ haang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikeng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: kāi-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikeng
    • Palladius: кайкэн (kajkɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ haang¹
    • Yale: hōi hāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ haang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ hang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ haːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

開坑

1. (neologism) to start working on something
2. (neologism, chiefly ACG) to begin reading/watching/playing an entertainment media or creative work
3. (neologism, Internet slang, of a creator, author, etc.) to begin creating a new franchise; to start working on a new piece of creative work

Synonyms

• (to begin creating a new franchise; to start working on a new piece of creative work): 挖坑 (wākēng)

See also

• 入坑 (rùkēng)
• 填坑 (tiánkēng)
• 棄坑／弃坑 (qìkēng)
• 退坑 (tuìkēng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	坑
かい Grade: 3	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいこー [kàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iko̞ː]

Noun

開(かい)坑(こう) • (kaikō) 

1. digging a tunnel in a mine

Verb

開(かい)坑(こう)する • (kaikō suru) suru (stem 開(かい)坑(こう)し (kaikō shi), past 開(かい)坑(こう)した (kaikō shita))

1. dig a tunnel in a mine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開坑する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	開坑し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	開坑し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	開坑する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	開坑する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	開坑すれ	かいこうすれ	kaikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	開坑せよ¹ 開坑しろ²	かいこうせよ¹ かいこうしろ²	kaikō seyo¹ kaikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	開坑される	かいこうされる	kaikō sareru
Causative	開坑させる 開坑さす	かいこうさせる かいこうさす	kaikō saseru kaikō sasu
Potential	開坑できる	かいこうできる	kaikō dekiru
Volitional	開坑しよう	かいこうしよう	kaikō shiyō
Negative	開坑しない	かいこうしない	kaikō shinai
Negative continuative	開坑せず	かいこうせず	kaikō sezu
Formal	開坑します	かいこうします	kaikō shimasu
Perfective	開坑した	かいこうした	kaikō shita
Conjunctive	開坑して	かいこうして	kaikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	開坑すれば	かいこうすれば	kaikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative