開端

開端

See also: 开端

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (開端)		開	端
simp. (开端)		开	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ dyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-tôn
• Min Nan (POJ): khai-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāiduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiduan
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ dyun¹
    • Yale: hōi dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ dün¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-tôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ don´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ don¹
    • IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ton²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-toan
    • Tâi-lô: khai-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'doafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

開端

1. beginning; start

Synonyms

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發端／发端 (fāduān) 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary) 起始 (qǐshǐ)

開始／开始 (kāishǐ) 開頭／开头 (kāitóu) 首端 (shǒuduān)