開火

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (開火)		開	火
simp. (开火)		开	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāihuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-hé / khui-hér / khui-hóe / khai-hé / khai-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-huo³
    • Yale: kāi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuoo
    • Palladius: кайхо (kajxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ fo²
    • Yale: hōi fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hé
    • Tâi-lô: khui-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hea
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hér
    • Tâi-lô: khui-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: khui-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hé
    • Tâi-lô: khai-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: khai-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/

Verb

開火

1. to open fire; to start shooting
2. (figuratively) to attack (verbally or in writing)

Synonyms

• (to open fire):

• 交兵 (jiāobīng) (literary)
• 交戰／交战 (jiāozhàn)
• 交火 (jiāohuǒ)
• 交鋒／交锋 (jiāofēng) (figurative)
• 作戰／作战 (zuòzhàn)
• 戰／战 (zhàn)
• 打仗 (dǎzhàng)
• 打響／打响 (dǎxiǎng)
• 拍戰／拍战 (Hokkien)
• 挑戰／挑战 (tiǎozhàn)
• 接觸／接触 (jiēchù)
• 構兵／构兵 (gòubīng) (literary)

 

• (to attack):

• 打擊／打击 (dǎjī)
• 抨擊／抨击 (pēngjī) (verbally or in writing)
• 搗／捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 擊／击 (jī)
• 攻取 (gōngqǔ)
• 攻奪／攻夺 (gōngduó)
• 攻打 (gōngdǎ)
• 攻擊／攻击 (gōngjī)
• 暴擊／暴击 (bàojī)
• 突擊／突击 (tūjī)
• 衝鋒／冲锋 (chōngfēng)
• 襲擊／袭击 (xíjī)
• 進擊／进击 (jìnjī)
• 進攻／进攻 (jìngōng)

 

Derived terms

• 隔岸開火／隔岸开火