開葷

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	meat dish
trad. (開葷)		開	葷
simp. (开荤)		开	荤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāihūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāihūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaihun
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-hun¹
    • Yale: kāi-hwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuen
    • Palladius: кайхунь (kajxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ fan¹
    • Yale: hōi fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

開葷

1. (chiefly religion) to break a vegetarian diet; (of a baby) to start eating meat
2. (figurative) to try out something novel; to experience a new thing

Synonyms

• (to break a vegetarian diet): (Hokkien) 開臊／开臊

Derived terms

• 開洋葷／开洋荤