開源

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	root; source; origin
trad. (開源)		開	源
simp. (开源)		开	源

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-yüan²
    • Yale: kāi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiyuan
    • Palladius: кайюань (kajjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ jyun⁴
    • Yale: hōi yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

Noun

開源

1. (computing) open source (the practice of providing open-source code)

Verb

開源

1. (computing) to open-source
2. (literary, of the source of a river) to begin to emerge

   開源節流／开源节流  ―  kāiyuánjiéliú  ―  to broaden the source of income and save expenses

Antonyms

(to open-source):

• 閉源 / 闭源 (bìyuán)