開題

See also: 开题

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (開題)		開	題
simp. (开题)		开	题

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāití

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāití
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaití
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tʻi²
    • Yale: kāi-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaityi
    • Palladius: кайти (kajti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khoj dej

Rime
Character	開	題
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	苦哀切	杜奚切
Baxter	khoj	dej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/dei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/dei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/dɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/dɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/dei/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/diei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/dʱiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	tí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi1	tai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːl  deː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	開	開
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kāi	kāi
Middle Chinese	‹ khoj ›	‹ khoj ›
Old Chinese	/*Nə-[k]ʰˁəj/	/*[k]ʰˁəj/
English	to open (v.i.)	to open (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	開	題
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	7348	11623
Phonetic component	開	是
Rime group	微	支
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	開	嗁
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːl/	/*deː/

Verb

開題

1. to begin a discussion on a particular topic
2. to preach

Derived terms

• 開題報告／开题报告 (kāití bàogào)

 

Proper noun

開題

1. Name of an ancient state.