開口

開口

See also: 开口

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (開口)		開	口
simp. (开口)		开	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ hau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-khiéu
• Min Nan (POJ): khai-kháu / khai-khió / khui-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāikǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikoou
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ hau²
    • Yale: hōi háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ heo²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-khiéu
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ kieu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ kieu³
    • IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ kʰi̯eu̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: khai-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'qao
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaʊ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaʊ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-khió
    • Tâi-lô: khai-khió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'qioir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ kʰio⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: khui-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'qao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaʊ⁵³/

Verb

開口

1. to open one's mouth
2. to begin to talk
3. to laugh out loud
4. to crack open
5. to sharpen a knife
6. to breach a dam
7. (literary) to eat

Noun

開口

1. (Chinese phonetics) Short for 開口呼／开口呼 (kāikǒuhū, “close-mouth sounds”).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	口
かい Grade: 3	こう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠iko̞ː]

Noun

開口 (hiragana かいこう, rōmaji kaikō)

1. an opening such as an open window
2. opening one's mouth and starting to speak

Verb

開口する (hiragana かいこうする, rōmaji kaikō suru)

1. open one's mouth (and begin to speak)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開口する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	開口し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Continuative (連用形)	開口し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Terminal (終止形)	開口する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Attributive (連体形)	開口する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	開口すれ	かいこうすれ	kaikō sure
Imperative (命令形)	開口せよ¹ 開口しろ²	かいこうせよ¹ かいこうしろ²	kaikō seyo¹ kaikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	開口される	かいこうされる	kaikō sareru
Causative	開口させる 開口さす	かいこうさせる かいこうさす	kaikō saseru kaikō sasu
Potential	開口できる	かいこうできる	kaikō dekiru
Volitional	開口しよう	かいこうしよう	kaikō shiyō
Negative	開口しない	かいこうしない	kaikō shinai
Negative continuative	開口せず	かいこうせず	kaikō sezu
Formal	開口します	かいこうします	kaikō shimasu
Perfective	開口した	かいこうした	kaikō shita
Conjunctive	開口して	かいこうして	kaikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	開口すれば	かいこうすれば	kaikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative