開建

See also: 开建

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
trad. (開建)		開	建
simp. (开建)		开	建

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāijiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: kāi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijiann
    • Palladius: кайцзянь (kajczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ gin³
    • Yale: hōi gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kiːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khoj kjonH

Rime
Character	開	建
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	苦哀切	居万切
Baxter	khoj	kjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/kɨɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/kiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/kiɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/kɨanH/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/kiɐnH/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/kĭɐnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/kɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi1	gin3

Verb

開建

1. (literary) to create
2. (literary) to build; to construct
3. (literary) to found; to establish; to set up
4. to begin construction

Synonyms

• (to found):

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• 倡辦／倡办 (chàngbàn)
• 創下／创下 (chuàngxià)
• 創制／创制 (chuàngzhì)
• 創建／创建 (chuàngjiàn)
• 創立／创立 (chuànglì)
• 創興／创兴 (chuàngxīng) (literary)
• 創設／创设 (chuàngshè)
• 創辦／创办 (chuàngbàn)
• 建立 (jiànlì)
• 建置 (jiànzhì)
• 成立 (chénglì)
• 搭建 (dājiàn)
• 施設／施设 (shīshè) (literary)
• 植 (zhí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 樹立／树立 (shùlì)
• 確立／确立 (quèlì)
• 立下 (lìxià)
• 組建／组建 (zǔjiàn)
• 興辦／兴办 (xīngbàn)
• 設／设 (shè)
• 設立／设立 (shèlì)
• 開創／开创 (kāichuàng)
• 開基／开基 (kāijī) (literary)
• 開設／开设 (kāishè)
• 開辦／开办 (kāibàn)

 

Proper noun

開建

1. (～縣) (historical) Kaijian County, a former county of Guangdong administered as part of Zhaoqing Commandery (肇慶府／肇庆府 (Zhàoqìng fǔ)) but since merged with Fengchuan County (封川縣／封川县) to form Fengkai County (封開縣／封开县)