開春

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
trad. (開春)		開	春
simp. (开春)		开	春

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāichūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ceon¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): kai¹ cung¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khe-tshen; ¹khe ¹tshen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāichūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaichun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻun¹
    • Yale: kāi-chwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichuen
    • Palladius: кайчунь (kajčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāichūnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄨㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaichunr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻun¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: kāi-chwūnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichuel
    • Palladius: кайчуньр (kajčunʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯əɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ ceon¹
    • Yale: hōi chēun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tsoen¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ cên¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kai¹ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxai¹¹ t͡sʰũŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khe-tshen; ¹khe ¹tshen
    • MiniDict: khe^平 tshen; khe^平 tshen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe-tshen; ¹khe ¹tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/, /kʰe⁴⁴  t͡sʰən⁵³/

Verb

開春

1. to be the beginning of spring; to be early spring
2. to be the Chinese New Year