開考

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine
trad. (開考)		開	考
simp. (开考)		开	考

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāikǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄎㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ haau²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kui¹ kao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāikǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄎㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaikǎo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kʻao³
    • Yale: kāi-kǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaikao
    • Palladius: кайкао (kajkao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ haau²
    • Yale: hōi háau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ haau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ hao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ haːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kui¹ kao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khui kháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui³³⁻²³ kʰau⁵²/

Verb

開考

1. (of an exam or test) to begin; to start

   開考15分鐘後考生禁止入場。 [MSC, trad.]
   开考15分钟后考生禁止入场。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kāikǎo 15 fēnzhōng hòu kǎoshēng jìnzhǐ rùchǎng. [Pinyin]

   Candidates are not allowed to enter the test rooms after 15 minutes after the exam begins.