開闊

See also: 开阔

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	rich; wide; broad
trad. (開闊)		開	闊
simp. (开阔)		开	阔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-khoah / khai-khoah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikuò
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: kāi-kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikuoh
    • Palladius: кайко (kajko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ fut³
    • Yale: hōi fut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fuːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-khoah
    • Tâi-lô: khui-khuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'qoaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kʰuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-khoah
    • Tâi-lô: khai-khuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'qoaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ kʰuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuaʔ³²/

Adjective

開闊

1. open; wide; expansive
2. (of a person) generous; magnanimous
3. (of a person) tolerant; broad-minded

Related terms

• 豁達／豁达 (huòdá)
• 開朗／开朗 (kāilǎng)
• 爽朗 (shuǎnglǎng)

Verb

開闊

1. to open up; to widen; to expand