開竅

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	intelligence; opening
trad. (開竅)		開	竅
simp. (开窍)		开	窍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāiqiào

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄑㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ hiu³
Min Nan (POJ): khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāiqiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄑㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichiaw
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāiqiàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄑㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaichiaull
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰjaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ hiu³
  - Yale: hōi hiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ hiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ hiu³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ hiːu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu
  - Tâi-lô: khai-khiàu / khui-khiàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'qiaux, qui'qiaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ kʰiaʊ⁴¹/, /kʰui³³ kʰiaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ¹¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ²¹/, /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiaʊ²¹/

Verb

開竅

(traditional Chinese medicine) to open the body orifices
(figuratively) to be enlightened; to begin to understand
(figuratively, of a child) to begin to know things

Derived terms

開竅藥／开窍药 (kāiqiàoyào)

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