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開端

開端

See also: 开端

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (開端)		開	端
simp. (开端)		开	端

Noun

開端

beginning; start

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kāiduān

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄉㄨㄢ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-tôn
Min Nan (POJ): khai-toan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāiduān
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄉㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiduan
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-tôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi´ don´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ don¹
  - IPA: /kʰo̯i²⁴⁻¹¹ ton²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-toan
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'doafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ tuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ tuan⁴⁴/