開邊

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (開邊)		開	邊
simp. (开边)		开	边

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāibiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄅㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāibiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaibian
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-pien¹
    • Yale: kāi-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaibian
    • Palladius: кайбянь (kajbjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khoj pen

Rime
Character	開	邊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	苦哀切	布玄切
Baxter	khoj	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/pen/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/pien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi1	bin1

Verb

開邊

1. (literary) to expand the territory (of a country) by force

Pronunciation 2

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kai¹ bienn¹

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kai¹ bienn¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai̯³³ pi̯ẽ³³/

Noun

開邊

1. (Xiang) distant place; somewhere far

Synonyms

• 遠處／远处 (yuǎnchù)