開竅

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	intelligence; opening
trad. (開竅)		開	竅
simp. (开窍)		开	窍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiqiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ hiu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiqiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiciào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻiao⁴
    • Yale: kāi-chyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichiaw
    • Palladius: кайцяо (kajcjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiqiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiciàor
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chʻiao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: kāi-chyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichiawl
    • Palladius: кайцяор (kajcjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ hiu³
    • Yale: hōi hiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ hiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ hiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu
    • Tâi-lô: khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'qiaux, qui'qiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ kʰiau⁴¹/, /kʰui³³ kʰiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau¹¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau²¹/

Verb

開竅

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to open the body orifices
2. (figurative) to be enlightened; to begin to understand
3. (figurative, of a child) to begin to know things

Derived terms

• 開竅藥／开窍药 (kāiqiàoyào)