開門

See also: 开门

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (開門)		開	門
simp. (开门)		开	门

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāimén

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoi¹ mun⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi¹ mong³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-mùn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khui-mn̂g / khui-mûi

(Teochew, Peng'im): kui¹ meng⁵ / kui¹ mung⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāimén
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaimén
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-mên²
  - Yale: kāi-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimen
  - Palladius: каймэнь (kajmɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāiménr
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄇㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaiménr
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-mên²-ʼrh
  - Yale: kāi-ménr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimel
  - Palladius: каймэньр (kajmɛnʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ məɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ mun⁴
  - Yale: hōi mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hoi¹ mong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi³³ ᵐbɔŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-mùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ mun^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ mun²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ mun¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-mn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: khui-mn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quimngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰui³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ mŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Penang, Medan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: khui-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quimuii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² muĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Yilan): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ muĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /kʰui³³⁻²¹ mui²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kui¹ meng⁵ / kui¹ mung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khui mṳ̂ng / khui mûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui³³⁻²³ mɯŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰui³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵/

Note: kui1 mung5 - Chaozhou.

Verb

開⫽門 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to open the door
(figurative) to open for business
(figurative) to do things in an open-door manner

Synonyms

(Puxian Min) 開店門／开店门

Antonyms

關門／关门 (guānmén)

Derived terms