開闢

See also: 开辟 and 開辟

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	dispel; open up; refute
trad. (開闢/開辟)		開	闢/辟
simp. (开辟)		开	辟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāipì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄆㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ pik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-phit
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khai-phek / khai-phiak / khai-pi̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kai¹ pêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāipì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄆㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaipì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-pʻi⁴
    • Yale: kāi-pì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaipih
    • Palladius: кайпи (kajpi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ pik¹
    • Yale: hōi pīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ pik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ pig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-phit
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ pid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ pid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ pʰit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-phek
    • Tâi-lô: khai-phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaipheg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-phiak
    • Tâi-lô: khai-phiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaiphiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ pʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-pi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khai-pi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'pit
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kai¹ pêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khai phek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai³³⁻²³ pʰek̚²/

Verb

開闢 (transitive)

1. to open up; to blaze (a trail); to get through

   開闢新的道路／开辟新的道路  ―  kāipì xīn de dàolù  ―  to blaze new trails

2. to establish; to set up; to found; to start
3. to create (the world)

Synonyms

• (open up): 打通 (dǎtōng), 開拓／开拓 (kāituò)
• (establish): 創立／创立 (chuànglì), 開辦／开办 (kāibàn)

See also

• 開發／开发 (kāifā)
• 開墾／开垦 (kāikěn)
• 開拓／开拓 (kāituò)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	闢
かい Grade: 3	びゃく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいびゃく [kàíbyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ibʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

開(かい)闢(びゃく) • (kaibyaku) 

1. beginnings, creation, founding (of an empire)

Verb

開(かい)闢(びゃく)する • (kaibyaku suru) suru (stem 開(かい)闢(びゃく)し (kaibyaku shi), past 開(かい)闢(びゃく)した (kaibyaku shita))

1. to create (the world), to found

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開闢する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	開闢し	かいびゃくし	kaibyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	開闢し	かいびゃくし	kaibyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	開闢する	かいびゃくする	kaibyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	開闢する	かいびゃくする	kaibyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	開闢すれ	かいびゃくすれ	kaibyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	開闢せよ¹ 開闢しろ²	かいびゃくせよ¹ かいびゃくしろ²	kaibyaku seyo¹ kaibyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	開闢される	かいびゃくされる	kaibyaku sareru
Causative	開闢させる 開闢さす	かいびゃくさせる かいびゃくさす	kaibyaku saseru kaibyaku sasu
Potential	開闢できる	かいびゃくできる	kaibyaku dekiru
Volitional	開闢しよう	かいびゃくしよう	kaibyaku shiyō
Negative	開闢しない	かいびゃくしない	kaibyaku shinai
Negative continuative	開闢せず	かいびゃくせず	kaibyaku sezu
Formal	開闢します	かいびゃくします	kaibyaku shimasu
Perfective	開闢した	かいびゃくした	kaibyaku shita
Conjunctive	開闢して	かいびゃくして	kaibyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	開闢すれば	かいびゃくすれば	kaibyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
開	闢

Noun

開闢 • (gaebyeok) (hangeul 개벽)

1. hanja form^? of 개벽 (“creation”)