離開

See also: 离开

Chinese edit

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (離開)		離	開
simp. (离开)		离	开

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): líkāi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄎㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ hoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì-khôi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lī-khui / lî-khui

(Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵ kui¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶li-khe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: líkāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄎㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: líkai
  - Wade–Giles: li²-kʻai¹
  - Yale: lí-kāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: likai
  - Palladius: ликай (likaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ hoi¹
  - Yale: lèih hōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ hoi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ hoi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì-khôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: liˇ koi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li² koi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /li¹¹ kʰoi̯²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-khui
  - Tâi-lô: lī-khui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixquy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-khui
  - Tâi-lô: lî-khui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: li'quy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ kʰui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: li⁵ kui¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî khui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰui³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶li-khe
  - MiniDict: li^去 khe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-khe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² kʰe⁴⁴/

Verb edit

離開

to leave; to depart
離開人世／离开人世 ― líkāi rénshì ― to depart this world; to pass away

請你立刻離開。／请你立刻离开。 ― Qǐng nǐ lìkè líkāi. ― Please leave immediately.

我幾乎未曾離開過這個城市。 [MSC, trad.]
我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ jīhū wèicéng líkāi guò zhège chéngshì. [Pinyin]
I have hardly ever been out of this city.

Synonyms edit

捨去／舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
撤 (chè)
背離／背离 (bèilí)
走 (zǒu)
退 (tuì)
退出 (tuìchū)
遠／远 (literary)
遠離／远离 (yuǎnlí)
離去／离去 (líqù)
離逖／离逖 (lítì)

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走, 離開, 離去
Mandarin	Taiwan	走, 離開
	Jinan	走
	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Yinchuan	走
	Xining	走
	Ürümqi	走
	Wuhan	走
	Chengdu	走
	Guiyang	走
	Nanjing	走
	Singapore	走, 離開
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走, 扯
	Hong Kong	走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s
	Penang (Guangfu)	走
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 扯
Gan	Nanchang	走
Hakka	Meixian	走
Hakka	Yudu	走
Jin	Taiyuan	走
Southern Min	Taipei	走 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	行
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	走, 行
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走
	Danyang	走
	Hangzhou	走
	Jinhua	走
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Related terms edit

分開／分开 (fēnkāi)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (離開):

→ Vietnamese: ly khai (離開)