開叉

開叉

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
trad. (開叉)		開	叉
simp. (开叉)		开	叉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāichà, kāichā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄔㄚˋ, ㄎㄞ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ caa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khui-chhe / khui-chhee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāichà
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichah
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāichā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄔㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaicha
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ caa¹
    • Yale: hōi chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ tsaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ ca¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰäː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: khui-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quizhef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-chhee
    • Tâi-lô: khui-tshee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

開叉

1. (of hair) to develop split ends
2. (Min Nan) to bifurcate; to fork and develop two ends

Noun

開叉

1. (dresses, etc.) vent; slit