開刀

開刀

See also: 开刀

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	knife
trad. (開刀)		開	刀
simp. (开刀)		开	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāidāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ dou¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-tô
• Min Nan (POJ): khui-to
• Wu (Wiktionary): khe (T1) + tau (T1); khe tau (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāidāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄉㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaidau
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ dou¹
    • Yale: hōi dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ dou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-tô
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ do´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ do¹
    • IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ to²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-to
    • Tâi-lô: khui-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'doy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ to³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khe (T1) + tau (T1); khe tau (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰe̞⁴⁴  tɔ⁵³/, /kʰe̞⁵⁵ tɔ²¹/

Verb

開刀

1. (archaic) to behead; to decapitate
2. to perform a (medical) operation (with the use of a scalpel or similar instrument)

   對他開刀 / 对他开刀  ―  duì tā kāidāo  ―  operate on him

3. (figuratively) to make somebody the first target of an attack
4. (figuratively) to fire; to sack

Synonyms

• (to perform a medical operation): 動手術／动手术 (dòngshǒushù)