開天門

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	gate to the Heavenly Palace
trad. (開天門)		開	天門
simp. (开天门)		开	天门

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kui¹ ting¹ mue² / kui¹ ting¹ mui²

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kui¹ ting¹ mue² [Phonetic: kui⁵ ting⁵ mue²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui⁵³³⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ muei¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kui¹ ting¹ mui² [Phonetic: kui⁵ ting⁵ mui²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui⁵³³⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ mui¹³/

Verb

開天門

1. (Puxian Min) to have a heaven-sent opportunity; to have a heavenly time; to come as a godsend (of chance)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “开天门”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 339.