開講

See also: 开讲

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
trad. (開講)		開	講
simp. (开讲)		开	讲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāijiǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gong²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-káng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāijiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄐㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaijiǎng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chiang³
  - Yale: kāi-jyǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijeang
  - Palladius: кайцзян (kajczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ gong²
  - Yale: hōi góng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-káng
  - Tâi-lô: khai-káng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'karng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

Verb

開講

to begin lecturing or story-telling; to start on a story
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to chat

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 閒談 (“to chat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒
	Taiwan	聊天
	Chengde	嘮嗑兒
	Chifeng	聊天, 嘮嗑兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒
	Heihe	聊天, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮扯, 閒扯
	Qiqihar	聊天, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮扯, 閒扯
	Harbin	閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒
	Jiamusi	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯, 拍話兒
	Baicheng	閒扯, 嘮嗑兒
	Changchun	嘮嗑兒
	Tonghua	嘮嗑兒, 閒扯
	Shenyang	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊
	Jinzhou	聊天兒, 談天, 閒聊, 打嘮兒, 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯
	Singapore	談天
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	搭咯
	Tangshan	聊天兒, 談天
	Cangzhou	聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒
	Baoding	聊天兒, 說話兒
	Shijiazhuang	談天
	Lijin	閒扯, 拉呱兒
	Jinan	拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	嘮嗑兒
	Dandong	閒聊, 嘮嗑兒, 閒嘮嗑兒
	Yantai	拉呱兒, 說話兒
	Yantai (Muping)	拉呱兒
	Qingdao	拉呱, 拉呱兒
	Zhucheng	拉呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒
	Lingbao	閒諞
	Jining	拉呱兒, 閒拉
	Wanrong	閒諞
	Linfen	閒拍
	Shangqiu	拉呱兒, 閒扯
	Yuanyang	談天兒, 聊天兒
	Zhengzhou	說閒話兒
	Xinyang	拍脖兒
	Baihe	聊天, 拍古今
	Xi'an	聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞
	Baoji	閒扯, 閒諞, 諞閒傳
	Tianshui	搞閒哩, 諞閒傳
	Xining	喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋
	Xuzhou	聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯
	Fuyang	拉呱, 閒扯
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞
	Lanzhou	聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞
	Dunhuang	聊天, 閒談, 諞
	Hami	喧荒, 諞
	Ürümqi	閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子
	Nanchong	聊天, 擺龍門陣
	Dazhou	擺龍門陣
	Hanyuan	擺龍門陣
	Xichang	擺龍門陣
	Zigong	擺龍門陣
	Chongqing	吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠
	Wuhan	談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒
	Yichang	聊天, 談天, 瞎聊
	Xiangyang	聊天兒, 談天
	Tianmen	談天, 款白話
	Guiyang	擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯
	Zunyi	吹牛, 擺龍門陣, 吹殼子
	Bijie	擺龍門陣, 吹牛
	Liping	款白嘮
	Zhaotong	衝殼子, 擺龍門陣
	Dali	衝殼子
	Kunming	聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白
	Mengzi	衝殼子
	Guilin	扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天
	Liuzhou	聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴
	Jishou	講白話
	Changde	扯懶談
	Hanzhong	諞閒傳, 擺龍門陣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹
	Yangzhou	聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話
	Lianyungang	擦呱
	Lianshui	擦呱
	Nantong	聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱
	Anqing	閒扯
	Wuhu	閒聊, 聒聒
	Hefei	閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒
	Hong'an	談天, 閒扯, 聒天, 閒聒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音
	Hong Kong	傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	打牙交
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	傾偈
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	傾偈
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Macau	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Foshan	傾偈
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	講時聞, 傾偈
	Foshan (Shunde)	傾偈
	Foshan (Sanshui)	傾偈
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	傾偈
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	傾偈
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	傾偈
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	傾偈
	Taishan	傾偈
	Kaiping (Chikan)	傾偈
	Enping (Niujiang)	傾偈
	Heshan (Yayao)	傾偈
	Dongguan	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Yangjiang	講嘴, 傾偈, 傾
	Xinyi	傾
	Nanning	傾偈
	Wuzhou	傾偈
	Yulin	傾偈, 車大炮
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮
	Beihai	傾偈, 傾一傾
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	傾偈
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	傾
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	傾偈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傾偈
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	傾偈
	Móng Cái	傾偈
Gan	Nanchang	談坨, 談天
	Lichuan	話閒事, 學事
	Pingxiang	打閒講
Hakka	Meixian	閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇
	Xingning	講閒談
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	傾偈
	Huiyang	打牙花
	Huidong (Daling)	講閒話
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	打牙骹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	打牙花
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	傾偈
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	閒尞
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	講閒談, 講仙天
	Wuhua (Changbu)	講閒談
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	閒談
	Wuhua (Meilin)	喥牙談, 講嘴哩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	講閒談
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	閒談
	Changting	講閒談
	Wuping	講閒談
	Wuping (Pingyu)	講閒談
	Ninghua	聊天
	Yudu	吵天, 打吱喳
	Ruijin	嘈閒天
	Shicheng	談閒天
	Shangyou (Shexi)	講閒天
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 閒談
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	答嘴鼓, 答詑
	Hong Kong	講水古
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	車大炮
	Sabah (Longchuan)	傾偈, 車大炮
	Singkawang	尞
Huizhou	Jixi	談天, 聒談
Huizhou	Shexian	談天, 談心
Jin	Taiyuan	倒楔, 呱答
	Yangyuan	聊天, 談天, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 瞎扯, 拉咕呱兒
	Datong	呱答
	Xinzhou	閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉
	Lüliang (Lishi)	聊天, 拉閒話, 告訴
	Changzhi	閒扯, 瞎拍
	Linhe	拉話, 閒拍
	Jining	瞎聊
	Hohhot	搗拉, 拉呱
	Erenhot	閒扯
	Pingshan	閒拍搭
	Zhangjiakou	拉閒話
	Handan	聊天兒, 談天
	Linzhou	拍閒
	Suide	拉話
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冇講, 講故事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	攀講, 講症
	Fuqing	攀講
	Matsu	攀講
Southern Min	Xiamen	冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話, 喝仙
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喝仙
	Quanzhou	冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙
	Jinjiang	講古
	Zhangzhou	練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙
	Zhao'an	拍嘓, 設潲
	Taipei	開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
	Kaohsiung	破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
	Yilan	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Changhua (Lukang)	畫虎𡳞
	Taichung	開講, 破豆
	Tainan	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Hsinchu	開講
	Kinmen	答喙鼓, 開講
	Penghu (Magong)	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Penang (Hokkien)	傾偈
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敲嘓, 傾偈
	Manila (Hokkien)	講古
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	傾偈
	Chaozhou	詖閒話
	Shantou	詖話, 䛩奅
	Jieyang	詖話
	Haifeng	拍法
	Singapore (Teochew)	敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱
	Leizhou	講四方, 講善喻, 傾談
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	傾偈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	傾偈
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	聊天
Wu	Shanghai	講張, 茄山河, 講閒話
	Shanghai (Chongming)	講神
	Suzhou	講張
	Wuxi	扯, 扯老空
	Danyang	談閒
	Hangzhou	談天
	Ningbo	講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經
	Wenzhou	講閒談
	Jinhua	談天
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	講白搭
Xiang	Changsha	扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼
	Xiangtan	扯談
	Loudi	談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談
	Shuangfeng	扯談, 打講
	Quanzhou	談白, 聊天

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	講
かい Grade: 3	こう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいこー [kàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠iko̞ː]

Noun

開(かい)講(こう) • (kaikō)

(education) start of a new course

Antonyms

閉講(へいこう) (heikō)

Verb

開(かい)講(こう)する • (kaikō suru) suru (stem 開(かい)講(こう)し (kaikō shi), past 開(かい)講(こう)した (kaikō shita))

start a new course

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開講する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	開講し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	開講し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	開講する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	開講する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	開講すれ	かいこうすれ	kaikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	開講せよ¹ 開講しろ²	かいこうせよ¹ かいこうしろ²	kaikō seyo¹ kaikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	開講される	かいこうされる	kaikō sareru
Causative	開講させる開講さす	かいこうさせるかいこうさす	kaikō saseru kaikō sasu
Potential	開講できる	かいこうできる	kaikō dekiru
Volitional	開講しよう	かいこうしよう	kaikō shiyō
Negative	開講しない	かいこうしない	kaikō shinai
Negative continuative	開講せず	かいこうせず	kaikō sezu
Formal	開講します	かいこうします	kaikō shimasu
Perfective	開講した	かいこうした	kaikō shita
Conjunctive	開講して	かいこうして	kaikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	開講すれば	かいこうすれば	kaikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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