切開

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (切開)		切	開
simp. (切开)		切	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiēkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ hoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiat-khui
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷chiq-khe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiēkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciekai
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹-kʻai¹
    • Yale: chyē-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiekai
    • Palladius: цекай (cekaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ hoi¹
    • Yale: chit hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiat-khui
    • Tâi-lô: tshiat-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiatquy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq-khe
    • MiniDict: chih^入 khe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq-khe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

Verb

切開

1. to cut open
2. (surgery) to make an incision; to incise

Synonyms

• (to cut open): 剖 (pōu)

Derived terms

• 切開術／切开术

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (切開):

• → Japanese: 切開(せっかい) (sekkai)
• → Korean: 절개(切開) (jeolgae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切	開
せつ > せっ Grade: 2	かい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 切 (setsu, "cut," "sever") + 開 (kai, "open," "open up").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞k̚ka̠i]

Noun

切(せっ)開(かい) • (sekkai) 

1. incision, section

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 切開手術 (sekkai jujutsu): surgical operation
• 帝王切開 (teiō sekkai): Cesarean section, C-section
• 帝王切開術 (teiō sekkai-jutsu): Cesarean section, C-section
• 気管切開 (kikan sekkai): tracheotomy

Verb

切(せっ)開(かい)する • (sekkai suru) suru (stem 切(せっ)開(かい)し (sekkai shi), past 切(せっ)開(かい)した (sekkai shita))

1. to cut open, to incise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "切開する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	切開し	せっかいし	sekkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	切開し	せっかいし	sekkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	切開する	せっかいする	sekkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	切開する	せっかいする	sekkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	切開すれ	せっかいすれ	sekkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	切開せよ¹ 切開しろ²	せっかいせよ¹ せっかいしろ²	sekkai seyo¹ sekkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	切開される	せっかいされる	sekkai sareru
Causative	切開させる 切開さす	せっかいさせる せっかいさす	sekkai saseru sekkai sasu
Potential	切開できる	せっかいできる	sekkai dekiru
Volitional	切開しよう	せっかいしよう	sekkai shiyō
Negative	切開しない	せっかいしない	sekkai shinai
Negative continuative	切開せず	せっかいせず	sekkai sezu
Formal	切開します	せっかいします	sekkai shimasu
Perfective	切開した	せっかいした	sekkai shita
Conjunctive	切開して	せっかいして	sekkai shite
Hypothetical conditional	切開すれば	せっかいすれば	sekkai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative