開火

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (開火)		開	火
simp. (开火)		开	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāihuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fo²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-hé / khui-hér / khui-hóe / khai-hé / khai-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāihuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaihuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-huo³
  - Yale: kāi-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaihuoo
  - Palladius: кайхо (kajxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ fo²
  - Yale: hōi fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hé
  - Tâi-lô: khui-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hea
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Philippines): /kʰui³³ he⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hér
  - Tâi-lô: khui-hér
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: khui-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'hoea
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /kʰui³³⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hé
  - Tâi-lô: khai-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hea
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: khai-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'hoea
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/

Verb

開⫽火 (verb-object)

to open fire; to start shooting
(figuratively) to attack (verbally or in writing)
(Xiamen, Philippine and Penang Hokkien, Danyang Wu) to turn on a light

Synonyms

(to open fire):

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交兵 (jiāobīng) (literary)
交戰 / 交战 (jiāozhàn)
交火 (jiāohuǒ)
交鋒 / 交锋 (jiāofēng) (figurative)
作戰 / 作战 (zuòzhàn)
廝拍 / 厮拍 (Puxian Min)
打仗 (dǎzhàng)
打戰 / 打战 (dǎzhàn) (Malaysia Mandarin)
打響 / 打响 (dǎxiǎng)
拍戰 / 拍战 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
挑戰 / 挑战 (tiǎozhàn)
接觸 / 接触 (jiēchù)
構兵 / 构兵 (gòubīng) (literary)
爭戰 / 争战 (zhēngzhàn)
相㓾 (Hakka)

(to attack):

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彈射 / 弹射 (tánshè) (literary)
打擊 / 打击 (dǎjī)
抨擊 / 抨击 (pēngjī) (verbally or in writing)
搗 / 捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
擊 / 击 (jī)
攻取 (gōngqǔ)
攻奪 / 攻夺 (gōngduó)
攻打 (gōngdǎ)
攻擊 / 攻击 (gōngjī)
暴擊 / 暴击 (bàojī)
突擊 / 突击 (tūjī)
衝擊 / 冲击 (chōngjī)
衝鋒 / 冲锋 (chōngfēng)
襲擊 / 袭击 (xíjī)
進擊 / 进击 (jìnjī)
進攻 / 进攻 (jìngōng)

Dialectal synonyms of 開燈 (“to turn on a light”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		開燈
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	開燈
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	開燈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	開燈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	開燈
Cantonese	Hong Kong	開燈
Cantonese	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	開燈, 開火
Gan	Lichuan	開燈
Huizhou	Jixi	開燈
Jin	Taiyuan	開燈
Southern Min	Xiamen	開火
	Penang (Hokkien)	開火
	Manila (Hokkien)	開火
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	開燈
Wu	Shanghai	開燈
Wu	Danyang	開燈, 開火
Xiang	Loudi	開燈

Derived terms

隔岸開火 / 隔岸开火