開交

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
trad. (開交)		開	交
simp. (开交)		开	交

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāijiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gaau¹
Min Nan (POJ): khai-kiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāijiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijiau
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ gaau¹
  - Yale: hōi gāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ gao¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kɑːu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-kiau
  - Tâi-lô: khai-kiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'kiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ kiaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiaʊ⁴⁴/

Verb

開交

(literary, used in the negative) to conclude; to end; to finish

Derived terms

不可開交／不可开交 (bùkěkāijiāo)
不得開交／不得开交
不開交／不开交
忙得不可開交／忙得不可开交

沒個開交／没个开交
沒開交／没开交
沒開交處／没开交处

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