開光

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	light; ray; bright
trad. (開光)		開	光
simp. (开光)		开	光

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāiguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gwong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-kông
Min Nan (POJ): khui-kng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāiguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄍㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiguang
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ gwong¹
  - Yale: hōi gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ guong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi´ gong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ gong¹
  - IPA: /kʰo̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kng
  - Tâi-lô: khui-kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kngf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ kŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Verb

開光

(Buddhism) to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly built idol; to consecrate; to bless
(humorous) to shave one's hair or face

Derived terms

開光點眼／开光点眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (開光):

Korean: 개광 (開光, gaegwang)
Vietnamese: khai quang (開光)

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
開	光

Verb

開光

Hán tự form of khai quang, “to consecrate a Buddha image”

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