開口笑

開口笑

Chinese

		to open one's mouth; to start talking	laugh; smile
trad. (開口笑)		開口	笑
simp. (开口笑)		开口	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikǒuxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hoi¹ hêu³ xiau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāikǒuxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikooushiaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikǒusiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai1-kʻou3-hsiao4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāikǒurxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄡˇㄦ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikooulshiaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikǒursiào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai1-kʻourh3-hsiao4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hoi¹ hêu³ xiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hoɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ heu³¹ ɕiau⁵³/

Noun

開口笑

1. deep-fried sesame cookie ball

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 開口笑 (“deep-fried sesame cookie ball”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開口笑
Mandarin	Beijing	開口兒笑
	Liuzhou	開口棗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笑口棗, 開口棗, 坼口棗
	Hong Kong	笑口棗
	Dongguan	笑口棗
Hakka	Meixian	笑棗, 開口笑
Min Nan	Shantou	開口棗
Wu	Suzhou	開口笑
	Hangzhou	開口笑
	Wenzhou	開口笑, 麻球