開心

開心

See also: 开心

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	heart; mind
trad. (開心)		開	心
simp. (开心)		开	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāixīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hoi¹ sam¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi¹ lhim¹

• Min Nan (POJ): khai-sim / khui-sim
• Wu (Wiktionary): khe xin (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāixīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishin
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ sam¹
    • Yale: hōi sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ sem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hoi¹ lhim¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi³³ ɬim³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-sim
    • Tâi-lô: khai-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaisym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ ɕim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-sim
    • Tâi-lô: khui-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quisym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khe xin (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰe̞⁵⁵ ɕɪɲ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰʌi  siɪm/▼

Rime
Character	開	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	苦哀切	息林切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/siɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/sim/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/sjem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/sim/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/siəm/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/sĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/si̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	xīn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤəj  səm/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːl  slɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	開	心
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kāi	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ khoj ›	‹ sim ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁəj/	/*səm/
English	to open (v.t.)	heart
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	開	心
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7348	13801
Phonetic component	開	心
Rime group	微	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	開	心
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːl/	/*slɯm/

Adjective

開心

1. happy; delighted

   我今天過得很開心。 [MSC, trad.]
   我今天过得很开心。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ jīntiān guò de hěn kāixīn. [Pinyin]

   I had a great time today.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 開心

和樂／和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious) 喜悅／喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal) 喜躍／喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal) 夷悅／夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary) 夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious) 快樂／快乐 (kuàilè) 快活 (kuàihuo) 忻悅／忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary) 怡悅／怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary) 愉快 (yúkuài) 愉悅／愉悦 (yúyuè) 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)

欣喜 (xīnxǐ) 欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary) 欣悅／欣悦 (xīnyuè) 歡喜／欢喜 (huānxǐ) 歡快／欢快 (huānkuài) 歡愉／欢愉 (huānyú) (literary) 歡樂／欢乐 (huānlè) 歡躍／欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal) 爽 (shuǎng) 爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Min Nan) 痛快 (tòngkuài) 高興／高兴 (gāoxìng)

Derived terms

你開心就好／你开心就好 (nǐ kāixīn jiù hǎo) 窮開心／穷开心

開心果／开心果 (kāixīnguǒ)

See also

• 幸福 (xìngfú)

Verb

開心

1. (literary) to open up the mind; to enlighten the mind
2. to make fun of (someone)

   別拿我尋開心！ / 别拿我寻开心！  ―  Bié ná wǒ xún kāixīn!  ―  Don't make fun of me!

Derived terms

尋開心／寻开心 (xúnkāixīn) 開心斧／开心斧

開心見膽／开心见胆 開心見誠／开心见诚

See also

• 關心／关心 (guānxīn)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
開	心

Verb

開心

1. Hán tự form of khai tâm (“to initiate”).