開竅

開竅

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	intelligence; opening
trad. (開竅)		開	竅
simp. (开窍)		开	窍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiqiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ hiu³
• Min Nan (POJ): khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāiqiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāiqiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichiaull
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ hiu³
    • Yale: hōi hiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ hiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ hiu³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu
    • Tâi-lô: khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'qiaux, qui'qiaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ kʰiaʊ⁴¹/, /kʰui³³ kʰiaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ¹¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ²¹/

Verb

開竅

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to open the body orifices
2. (figuratively) to be enlightened; to begin to understand
3. (figuratively, of a child) to begin to know things

Derived terms

開竅藥／开窍药 (kāiqiàoyào)