啟釁

啟釁

Chinese

		to open; to start	offer blood in sacrifice
trad. (啟釁)		啟	釁
simp. (启衅)		启	衅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐxìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai² jan⁶, kai² jan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐxìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishinn
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsìn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai² jan⁶, kai² jan³
    • Yale: kái yahn, kái yan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai² jan⁶, kai² jan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei² yen⁶, kei² yen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³⁵ jɐn²²/, /kʰɐi̯³⁵ jɐn³³/

Verb

啟釁

1. (literary) to stir up a dispute; to provoke discord

Synonyms

• 起釁／起衅 (qǐxìn)