開綠燈

See also: 开绿灯

Chinese

		to turn on; to switch on	green light
trad. (開綠燈)		開	綠燈
simp. (开绿灯)		开	绿灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāi lǜdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ luk⁶ dang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāi lǜdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kai lyùdeng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹ lü⁴-têng¹
    • Yale: kāi lyù-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kai liuhdeng
    • Palladius: кай люйдэн (kaj ljujdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ly⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ luk⁶ dang¹
    • Yale: hōi luhk dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ luk⁹ dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ lug⁶ deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ lʊk̚² tɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

開⫽綠燈 (verb-object)

1. (colloquial) to give the green light; to permit or allow someone or something

   政府不應該給不合格產品上市開綠燈。 [MSC, trad.]
   政府不应该给不合格产品上市开绿灯。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèngfǔ bù yīnggāi gěi bù hégé chǎnpǐn shàngshì kāi lǜ dēng. [Pinyin]

   The government shouldn't give the green light for sub-par products to go on the market.