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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiduan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tuan¹
    • Yale: kāi-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiduan
    • Palladius: кайдуань (kajduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ dyun¹
    • Yale: hōi dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-tôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ don´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ don¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ton²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-toan
    • Tâi-lô: khai-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'doafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

開端

1. beginning; start

Synonyms

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起頭先／起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
• 首端 (shǒuduān)

 

Related terms

• 初步 (chūbù)