開礦

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	ore; mine
trad. (開礦)		開	礦
simp. (开矿)		开	矿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ kwong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-khóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikuàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: kāi-kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikuanq
    • Palladius: кайкуан (kajkuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ kwong³
    • Yale: hōi kwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ kwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ kuong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷʰɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-khóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ kong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ kong³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ kʰoŋ³¹/

Verb

開礦

1. to open up a mine; to exploit a mine; to excavate a mine

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 開礦 – see the following entry.

【開鉱かいこう】 [noun] (uncommon) start of a mining operation

(This term, 開礦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)