開 (hoi1 | kai1) : open

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開

hoi1

kai1

[1] [v] open (door, bottle, etc) [2] [v] turn on; switch on [3] [v] drive; operate [4] [v] depart; leave; start [5] [v] set up; run [6] [v] hold (meeting, exhibition, etc) [7] [v] write out; make a list of [8] [adv] aside; apart; away [9] [粵] verb particle marking habitual aspect

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#169)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

開 / 开

This word has been viewed 30348 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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開籠雀 hoi1 lung4 zoek3*2 kai1 long2 que4 = (bird in an open cage) someone who chatters all the time 粵

想不開 soeng2 bat1 hoi1 xiang3 bu4 kai1 = to take things too hard； to be depressed； to fret over trifles

開單 hoi1 daan1 kai1dan1 = to bill; to open a tab

開心 hoi1 sam1 kai1 xin1 = happy

開花 hoi1 faa1 kai1 hua1 = to bloom, to blossom

開學 hoi1 hok6 kai1 xue2 = to start school

開始 hoi1 ci2 kai1 shi3 = to start

開車 hoi1 ce1 kai1 che1 = to start/drive a car

開玩笑 hoi1 waan4 siu3 kai1 wan2 xiao4 = play a joke on someone; to joke

開心果 hoi1 sam1 gwo2 kai1 xin1 guo3 = pistachio; [粵]: a metaphor for a happy person
See all 315 compounds (CantoDict reports 337 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 39 examples containing 開

我唔開心。粵
I am not happy.

好開心識到你. 粵
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]

開英文台 ?
Turn on English radio.
[Lit. Open English channel. [台 is an abbreviation of 電台.]]

你仲開心過我粵
You're even happier than me.
[Lit. You even happy surpass me.]

扭開個水龍頭! 粵
Turn on the tap.

你可唔可以同我開一開個風扇呀？粵
Can you please turn on the fan for me?

我一見到我父母就好開心。粵
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.

行開啦,煩人! 粵
Beat it, you're troublesome!

我住開東區粵
I've been living in the East End

大熱天時開冷氣真舒服。粵
It is so comfortable to have the air-contioner on during hot days.

當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]

中國而家開放過以前粵
China is now more open.
[Lit. China now open [in the sense of trade and culture] surpass before.]

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。國
His reputation has already begun to spread.

間房係專門用嚟開會嘅。粵
The room is given over to meetings.

緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵

佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.

未有耐開場粵
Some time more before the show begins.

教仔女要慢慢講道理，開硬弓唔得㗎。粵
To teach children, one must explain the rationale; going by force won't work.

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

我做這份工作不是為錢而是為自己開心。國
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

我已經寫明係七點鐘開始嘅。
I've already clearly put into writing that it starts at 7 o'clock.

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]

今次環遊世界令我大開眼界粵
Traveling around the world really expanded my horizons.

重唔快攞出啲紳士風度幫寶華開車門！粵
Shouln't you be a gentleman by opening the car door for Bou Wah?

當你蹣跚學步時，爸爸離開咗我哋粵
Father left us when you were still tottering while learning to walk.

等埋人齊先開飯粵
Wait till everyone has arrived and then start the meal

我戥你開心粵
I am happy for you

佢哋好開心噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're happily flying kites.

我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

我相信佢已經開始懷疑，內鬼原來係我粵
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]

扐開隻烏蠅。粵
Flick away the fly.

目前已經重開
Presently it's already reopened.

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

呢兩件事根本就係藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤分唔開㗎粵
These two matters are deeply entangled together. There is no way to separate them apart.

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