開飯

See also: 开饭

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	food; cuisine; cooked rice food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
trad. (開飯)		開	飯
simp. (开饭)		开	饭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāifàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄈㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ faan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-hoān / khui-pn̄g / khui-pūiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāifàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄈㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaifàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-fan⁴
    • Yale: kāi-fàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaifann
    • Palladius: кайфань (kajfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ fän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ faan⁶
    • Yale: hōi faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ faːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: khai-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hoan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² huan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ huan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-pn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: khui-pn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'png
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² pŋ̍²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ pŋ̍⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-pūiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khui-puīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'pvui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² puĩ²²/

Verb

開⫽飯 (verb-object)

1. to start eating
2. to serve a meal

   開飯了！／开饭了！  ―  Kāifàn le!  ―  The meal is served!

3. (figurative) to make a living

   冇飯開／冇饭开 [Cantonese]  ―  mou⁵ faan⁶ hoi¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to have no income (literally, “to have no meal to serve”)

Synonyms

• (to start eating):

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• 出箸 (Hokkien)
• 動筷／动筷 (dòngkuài)
• 起筷 (Cantonese)
• 開始用餐／开始用餐 (kāishǐ yòngcān)
• 開餐／开餐 (hoi¹ caan¹) (Cantonese)

 

• (to serve a meal): 上菜 (shàngcài)