開光

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	light; ray; bright
trad. (開光)		開	光
simp. (开光)		开	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-kông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khai-kong / khui-kng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kai¹ guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiguang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: kāi-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiguang
    • Palladius: кайгуан (kajguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: hōi gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ gong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-kong
    • Tâi-lô: khai-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'kofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kng
    • Tâi-lô: khui-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kngf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kai¹ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khai kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai³³⁻²³ kuaŋ³³/

Verb

開光

1. (Buddhism) to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly built idol; to consecrate; to bless
2. (humorous) to shave one's hair or face

Derived terms

• 開光點眼／开光点眼

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (開光):

• → Korean: 개광(開光) (gaegwang)
• → Vietnamese: khai quang (開光)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
開	光

Verb

開光

1. chữ Hán form of khai quang (“to consecrate a Buddha image”).