開光

開光

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	light; ray; bright
trad. (開光)		開	光
simp. (开光)		开	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-kông
• Min Nan (POJ): khui-kng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāiguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiguang
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: hōi gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ guong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ gong¹
    • IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kng
    • Tâi-lô: khui-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Verb

開光

1. (Buddhism) to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly built idol; to consecrate; to bless
2. (humorous) to shave one's hair or face

Derived terms

開光點眼／开光点眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (開光):

• → Korean: 개광 (開光, gaegwang)
• → Vietnamese: khai quang (開光)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
開	光

Verb

開光

1. Hán tự form of khai quang (“to consecrate a Buddha image”).