開班

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
trad. (開班)		開	班
simp. (开班)		开	班

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāibān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ baan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-pan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāibān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaiban
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-pan¹
    • Yale: kāi-bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiban
    • Palladius: кайбань (kajbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ baan¹
    • Yale: hōi bāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ baan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ paːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-pan
    • Tâi-lô: khui-pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'pafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ pan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ pan⁴⁴/

Verb

開班

1. to start a class; to set up a class

   如果我開班教人拉二胡，會唔會有人有興趣呢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   如果我开班教人拉二胡，会唔会有人有兴趣呢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyu⁴ gwo² ngo⁵ hoi¹ baan¹ gaau³ jan⁴ laai¹ ji⁶ wu^4-2, wui⁵ m⁴ wui⁵ jau⁵ jan⁴ jau⁵ hing³ ceoi³ ne¹? [Jyutping]

   If I started an erhu class, would people be interested?