開用

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to use
trad. (開用)		開	用
simp. (开用)		开	用

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-ēng / khai-iōng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: khai-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'eng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: khai-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'iong
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²²/

Verb

開用

1. (Hokkien) to pay expenses; to spend (money)

Synonyms

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• 吃 (chī)
• 枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
• 消費 / 消费 (xiāofèi) (money)
• 用光 (yòngguāng)
• 用掉 (yòngdiào)
• 用盡 / 用尽 (yòngjìn)
• 破 (pò)
• 破費 / 破费 (pòfèi) (polite, money)
• 窮盡 / 穷尽 (qióngjìn)
• 竭盡 / 竭尽 (jiéjìn)
• 絕 / 绝 (jué)
• 耗盡 / 耗尽 (hàojìn)
• 耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 花費 / 花费
• 開使用 / 开使用 (Min Nan, expenses)
• 開支 / 开支 (kāizhī) (money)
• 開舉 / 开举 (Min Nan, expenses)
• 開銷 / 开销 (kāixiāo) (expenses)