打開

See also: 打开

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (打開)		打	開
simp. (打开)		打	开
anagram		開打／开打

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² hoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tá-khôi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎkai
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-kʻai¹
    • Yale: dǎ-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daakai
    • Palladius: дакай (dakaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² hoi¹
    • Yale: dá hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tá-khôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: da^ˋ koi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: da³ koi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ta³¹ kʰoi̯²⁴/

Verb

打⫽開 (verb-complement)

1. to open (books, drawers, parcels, doors, etc.)

   打開窗戶／打开窗户  ―  dǎkāi chuānghù  ―  to open a window

2. to switch on (electronics, appliances, etc)

   打開燈／打开灯  ―  dǎkāi dēng  ―  to turn on a light

3. to start up; to open up; to expand; to widen

   打開出路／打开出路  ―  dǎkāi chūlù  ―  to open up a market outlet

   球賽一開始，他以一球打開局面。 [MSC, trad.]
   球赛一开始，他以一球打开局面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn. [Pinyin]

   He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.

   低價讓中國商品在澳洲的市場打開局面。 [MSC, trad.]
   低价让中国商品在澳洲的市场打开局面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dījià ràng Zhōngguó shāngpǐn zài Àozhōu de shìchǎng dǎkāi júmiàn. [Pinyin]

   The low price of China's goods allows them to break into the Australian market.

   讀完這本書真的令我打開眼界。 [MSC, trad.]
   读完这本书真的令我打开眼界。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dú wán zhè běn shū zhēnde lìng wǒ dǎkāi yǎnjiè. [Pinyin]

   Reading this book really widened my horizon.

4. (computing) to open

Synonyms

• (open): 敞開／敞开 (chǎngkāi); (Hokkien) 獻開／献开

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “open”): 關閉／关闭 (guānbì)

Derived terms

• 八字打開 / 八字打开
• 打開天窗說亮話 / 打开天窗说亮话 (dǎkāi tiānchuāng shuō liànghuà)
• 打開後門說 / 打开后门说
• 打開板壁講亮話 / 打开板壁讲亮话

See also

• (Hokkien) 開開／开开 (khui--khui)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
打	開
だ Grade: 3	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だかい [dàkáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ka̠i]

Noun

打(だ)開(かい) • (dakai) 

1. a breakthrough

Verb

打(だ)開(かい)する • (dakai suru) transitive suru (stem 打(だ)開(かい)し (dakai shi), past 打(だ)開(かい)した (dakai shita))

1. to make a breakthrough

   行(い)き詰(づ)まりを打開(だかい)する

   ikizumari o dakaisuru

   to break the deadlock

Conjugation

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

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

• 打開策(だかいさく) (dakaisaku)

References

• “打開”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026