開可

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (開可)		開	可
simp. (开可)		开	可

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikě

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikě
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikě
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻo³
    • Yale: kāi-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikee
    • Palladius: кайкэ (kajkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ ho²
    • Yale: hōi hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khoj khaX

Rime
Character	開	可
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦哀切	枯我切
Baxter	khoj	khaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/kʰɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/kʰɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/kʰɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/kʰaX/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/kʰɑX/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/kʰɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/kʰɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	kě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi1	ho2

Verb

開可

1. (Classical) to permit; to allow

   • 統今所定，不宜開可。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     统今所定，不宜开可。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Tǒng jīn suǒ dìng, bùyí kāikě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 允准 (yǔnzhǔn)
• 允許／允许
• 准許／准许 (zhǔnxǔ)
• 容允 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 容許／容许 (róngxǔ)
• 應允／应允 (yīngyǔn) (literary)
• 許允／许允 (xǔyǔn) (literary)
• 許可／许可 (xǔkě)