See also: 开心

Chinese

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open; operate (vehicle); start heart; mind
trad. (開心)
simp. (开心)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (16)
Final () (41) (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter khoj sim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰʌi/ /siɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəi/ /sim/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɒi/ /sjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəj/ /sim/
Li
Rong
/kʰᴀi/ /siəm/
Wang
Li
/kʰɒi/ /sĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰɑ̆i/ /si̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kāi xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hoi1 sam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kāi xīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ khoj › ‹ sim ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʰˁəj/ /*səm/
English to open (v.t.) heart

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7348 13801
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰɯːl/ /*slɯm/

Adjective

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開心

  1. happy; delighted
    今天開心 [MSC, trad.]
    今天开心 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ jīntiān guò de hěn kāixīn. [Pinyin]
    I had a great time today.

Synonyms

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Verb

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開心

  1. (literary) to open up the mind; to enlighten the mind
  2. to make fun of (someone)
    開心开心  ―  Bié ná wǒ xún kāixīn!  ―  Don't make fun of me!

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  • (to make fun of):

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

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開心

  1. chữ Hán form of khai tâm (to initiate).
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