開合

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
trad. (開合)		開	合
simp. (开合)		开	合

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāihé

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ hap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāihé
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaihé
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-ho²
    • Yale: kāi-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiher
    • Palladius: кайхэ (kajxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ hap⁶
    • Yale: hōi hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐp̚²/

Verb

開合

1. to separate and come together
2. to open and close

Noun

開合

1. (Chinese phonetics) 開口／开口 (kāikǒu, “open-mouthed”) and 合口 (hékǒu, “closed-mouthed”); quality of being open-mouthed or closed-mouthed; medial

   Synonym: 呼