開荒

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (開荒)		開	荒
simp. (开荒)		开	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāihuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-hng / khui-huiⁿ / khai-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-huang¹
    • Yale: kāi-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuang
    • Palladius: кайхуан (kajxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ fong¹
    • Yale: hōi fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hng
    • Tâi-lô: khui-hng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hngf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ hŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-huiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khui-huinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² huĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hong
    • Tâi-lô: khai-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ hɔŋ³³/

Verb

開荒

1. (agriculture) to open up or reclaim wasteland (for agriculture)

Synonyms

• 墾荒／垦荒 (kěnhuāng)
• 拓荒 (tuòhuāng)

Derived terms

• 開荒牛 / 开荒牛 (kāihuāngniú)