開心

See also: 开心

Chinese
open; operate (vehicle); start heart; mind
trad. (開心) 開 心
simp. (开心) 开 心

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 開 心
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 苦哀切 息林切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰʌi/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰəi/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɒi/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰəj/ /sim/
Li
Rong		 /kʰᴀi/ /siəm/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɒi/ /sĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɑ̆i/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kāi xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hoi1 sam1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 開 心
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kāi xīn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khoj › ‹ sim ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʰˁəj/ /*səm/
English to open (v.t.) heart

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 心
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7348 13801
Phonetic
component		 開 心
Rime
group		 微 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 開 心
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰɯːl/ /*slɯm/

Adjective

開心

  1. happy; delighted
    我今天過得很開心。 [MSC, trad.]
    我今天过得很开心。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ jīntiān guò de hěn kāixīn. [Pinyin]
    I had a great time today.

Synonyms
Synonyms of 開心

Derived terms

See also

Verb

開心

  1. (literary) to open up the mind; to enlighten the mind
  2. to make fun of (someone)
    別拿我尋開心！／别拿我寻开心！  ―  Bié ná wǒ xún kāixīn!  ―  Don't make fun of me!

Synonyms
  • (to make fun of):
Synonyms of 開心
Dialectal synonyms of 開玩笑 (“to kid; to joke around”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 開玩笑
Mandarin Beijing 開玩笑, 打哈哈
Taiwan 開玩笑
Tianjin 開哏
Jinan 開玩笑, 打哈哈
Xi'an 開玩笑
Wuhan 科心, 科德行, 鬥散放
Chengdu 涮罈子
Liuzhou 講笑
Yangzhou 開心
Nanjing 尋開心
Hefei 開心, 開玩笑
Singapore 開玩笑
Cantonese Guangzhou 講笑
Hong Kong 講笑
Dongguan 講笑
Yangjiang 攪笑
Singapore (Guangfu) 講笑
Gan Nanchang 開玩笑
Hakka Meixian 講笑
Huizhou Jixi 講笑, 開玩笑
Jin Taiyuan 耍笑, 開玩笑
Min Bei Jian'ou 𡛴, 𡛴嬉
Min Dong Fuzhou 講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢
Min Nan Xiamen 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
Quanzhou 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
Zhangzhou 滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 講摽笑
Taipei (Wanhua) 滾笑
Kaohsiung 耍笑
Yilan 講笑詼
Changhua (Lukang) 講笑
Taichung 講笑
Taichung (Wuqi) 講耍笑
Tainan 滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑
Taitung 講耍笑
Hsinchu 講笑
Penghu (Magong) 滾笑
Penang (Hokkien) 𠢕滾, 講笑
Singapore (Hokkien) 滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑
Manila (Hokkien) 摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑
Chaozhou 呾耍笑
Shantou 呾耍
Shantou (Chenghai) 呾耍
Singapore (Teochew) 呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑
Haikou 講笑
Wu Shanghai 尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相
Shanghai (Chongming) 尋開心
Suzhou 尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張
Hangzhou 尋開心
Ningbo 尋開心
Wenzhou 講笑, 講取笑
Xiang Changsha 鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑
Shuangfeng 鬥散放, 打豪

Derived terms
  • 開心見膽／开心见胆
  • 開心見誠／开心见诚

See also

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
開心

Verb

開心

  1. chữ Hán form of khai tâm (“to initiate”).
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