開闢

開闢

See also: 开辟 and 開辟

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	dispel; open up; refute
trad. (開闢/開辟)		開	闢/辟
simp. (开辟)		开	辟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāipì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ pik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-phit
• Min Nan (POJ): khai-phiak / khai-pi̍t / khai-phek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāipì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄆㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaipih
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ pik¹
    • Yale: hōi pīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ pik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ pig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-phit
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ pid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ pid⁵
    • IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ pʰit̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-phiak
    • Tâi-lô: khai-phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaiphiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ pʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-pi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khai-pi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'pit
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-phek
    • Tâi-lô: khai-phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaipheg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɪk̚³²/

Verb

開闢

1. to open up; to blaze (a trail); to get through

   開闢新的道路 / 开辟新的道路  ―  kāipì xīn de dàolù  ―  to blaze new trails

2. to establish; to set up; to found; to start
3. to create (the world)

Synonyms

• (open up): 打通 (dǎtōng), 開拓／开拓 (kāituò)
• (establish): 創立／创立 (chuànglì), 開辦／开办 (kāibàn)

See also

• 開發／开发 (kāifā)
• 開拓／开拓 (kāituò)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	闢
かい Grade: 3	びゃく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

開闢 (hiragana かいびゃく, rōmaji kaibyaku)

1. beginnings, creation, founding (of an empire)

Verb

開闢する (hiragana かいびゃくする, rōmaji kaibyaku suru)

1. to create (the world), to found

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開闢する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	開闢し	かいびゃくし	kaibyaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	開闢し	かいびゃくし	kaibyaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	開闢する	かいびゃくする	kaibyaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	開闢する	かいびゃくする	kaibyaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	開闢すれ	かいびゃくすれ	kaibyaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	開闢せよ¹ 開闢しろ²	かいびゃくせよ¹ かいびゃくしろ²	kaibyaku seyo¹ kaibyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	開闢される	かいびゃくされる	kaibyaku sareru
Causative	開闢させる 開闢さす	かいびゃくさせる かいびゃくさす	kaibyaku saseru kaibyaku sasu
Potential	開闢できる	かいびゃくできる	kaibyaku dekiru
Volitional	開闢しよう	かいびゃくしよう	kaibyaku shiyō
Negative	開闢しない	かいびゃくしない	kaibyaku shinai
Negative continuative	開闢せず	かいびゃくせず	kaibyaku sezu
Formal	開闢します	かいびゃくします	kaibyaku shimasu
Perfective	開闢した	かいびゃくした	kaibyaku shita
Conjunctive	開闢して	かいびゃくして	kaibyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	開闢すれば	かいびゃくすれば	kaibyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
開	闢

Noun

開闢 • (gaebyeok) (hangeul 개벽)

1. Hanja form^? of 개벽 (“creation”).