開鑿

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	chisel
trad. (開鑿)		開	鑿
simp. (开凿)		开	凿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāizáo, kāizuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄗㄠˊ, ㄎㄞ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ zok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-chha̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāizáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄗㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaizáo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tsao²
    • Yale: kāi-dzáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaitzaur
    • Palladius: кайцзао (kajczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāizuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaizuò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tso⁴
    • Yale: kāi-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaitzuoh
    • Palladius: кайцзо (kajczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ zok⁶
    • Yale: hōi johk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dzok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ zog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-chha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khui-tsha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quizhak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ t͡sʰak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰak̚⁴/

Verb

開鑿

1. (transitive) to dig (tunnels, river channels, etc.)

Synonyms

• 刨
• 挖掘 (wājué)
• 採／采 (cǎi)
• 採掘／采掘 (cǎijué)
• 發掘／发掘 (fājué)
• 開採／开采 (kāicǎi)
• 開掘／开掘 (kāijué)