開葩

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	corolla of flower
trad. (開葩)		開	葩
simp. (开葩)		开	葩

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kui¹ por¹ / kui¹ porⁿ¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kui¹ por¹ [Phonetic: kui⁵ por¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui⁵³³⁻²¹ pʰɒ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kui¹ porⁿ¹ [Phonetic: kui⁵ porⁿ¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui⁵³³⁻²¹ pʰɒ̃⁵³³/

Verb

開葩 (Puxian Min)

1. to grow new branches (of trees)
2. (by extension) to thrive (of family)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “开葩”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 338.