開動

See also: 开动

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (開動)		開	動
simp. (开动)		开	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāidòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ dung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-tǒng / khui-tōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāidòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaidòng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-tung⁴
    • Yale: kāi-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaidonq
    • Palladius: кайдун (kajdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 開凍／开冻 開動／开动

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ dung⁶
    • Yale: hōi duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: khui-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: khui-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qui'dong
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/

Verb

開動

1. to start; to get running; to set in motion (of vehicles, machines, etc.)
2. to set out; to depart; to march (of troops)

Synonyms

• (start; get running): 啟動／启动 (qǐdòng), 發動／发动 (fādòng)