開交

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
trad. (開交)		開	交
simp. (开交)		开	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāijiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-kiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāijiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaijiao
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: kāi-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijiau
    • Palladius: кайцзяо (kajczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ gaau¹
    • Yale: hōi gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-kiau
    • Tâi-lô: khai-kiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'kiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ kiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kiau⁴⁴/

Verb

開交

1. (literary, used in the negative) to conclude; to end; to finish