開刀

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See also: 开刀

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start knife
trad. (開刀) 開 刀
simp. (开刀) 开 刀

Pronunciation

Verb

開⫽刀 (verb-object)

  1. (colloquial) to perform (or undergo) a (medical) operation (with the use of a scalpel or similar instrument)
    對他開刀／对他开刀  ―  duì tā kāidāo  ―  operate on him
  2. (Mandarin, Gan, Northern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien, figuratively) to make somebody the first target of attack or punishment (as an example)
  3. (Guangfu Cantonese Cantonese) to take advantage of somebody's weakness to overcharge them; to make somebody pay through the nose
  4. (Guangzhou Cantonese) to cut open (a fish) to sell
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to pull a knife
  6. (figuratively) to fire; to sack
  7. (archaic) to behead; to decapitate

Synonyms

  • (to perform a medical operation):
Dialectal synonyms of 動手術 (“to perform a medical operation; to have surgery”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 動手術, 開刀
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 開刀
Taiwan 動手術, 開刀
Chengde 動手術
Chifeng 動手術, 開刀
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 開刀
Heihe 動手術, 開刀, 割
Qiqihar 動手術, 開刀, 割
Harbin 動手術, 開刀
Jiamusi 動手術, 開刀, 割
Baicheng 動手術, 開刀
Changchun 開刀
Tonghua 開刀
Shenyang 動手術, 開刀, 割
Jinzhou 動手術, 開刀, 割
Singapore 動手術, 開刀
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 開刀
Tangshan 動手術, 開刀
Cangzhou 動手術, 開刀
Baoding 開刀
Shijiazhuang 開刀
Lijin 開刀
Jinan 動手術, 開刀
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 開刀
Dandong 動手術, 開刀, 割
Yantai 動手術, 開刀, 割
Yantai (Muping) 動手術
Qingdao 動手術, 開刀
Zhucheng 動手術, 開刀
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 開刀
Lingbao 開刀
Jining 開刀
Wanrong 動手術
Linfen 開刀
Shangqiu 動手術, 開刀, 割
Yuanyang 動手術, 割
Zhengzhou 開刀
Xinyang 開刀
Baihe 動手術, 開刀
Xi'an 動手術, 開刀, 割
Baoji 開刀, 割
Tianshui 動手術, 開刀
Xining 動手術, 開刀
Xuzhou 動手術, 開刀
Fuyang 開刀
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 動手術, 開刀
Lanzhou 動手術, 開刀
Dunhuang 動手術, 開刀
Hami 開刀
Ürümqi 開刀
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 動手術, 開刀
Nanchong 動手術, 開刀
Dazhou 開刀
Hanyuan 動手術, 開刀
Xichang 動手術, 開刀
Zigong 動手術, 開刀
Chongqing 開刀, 劃
Wuhan 動手術, 開刀, 割
Yichang 動手術, 開刀
Xiangyang 開刀, 割
Tianmen 動手術, 做手術, 開刀, 割
Guiyang 動手術, 開刀
Zunyi 動手術, 開刀
Bijie 開刀, 割, 劃
Liping 開刀, 割
Zhaotong 開刀
Dali 開刀
Kunming 動手術, 開刀
Mengzi 動手術
Guilin 開刀
Liuzhou 動手術, 開刀
Jishou 動手術, 開刀
Changde 開刀
Hanzhong 動手術, 開刀
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 開刀
Yangzhou 動手術, 開刀
Lianyungang 開刀
Lianshui 開刀
Nantong 開刀
Anqing 動手術, 開刀
Wuhu 開刀
Hefei 開刀
Hong'an 動手術, 做手術, 開刀, 割
Cantonese Guangzhou 開刀
Hong Kong 做手術, 開刀
Gan Nanchang 開刀
Lichuan 開刀
Pingxiang 開刀
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 開刀
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 開刀
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 開刀
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 開刀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 開刀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 開刀
Huizhou Jixi 開刀
Shexian 動手術, 開刀
Jin Taiyuan 開刀
Yangyuan 動手術, 開刀
Datong 開刀
Xinzhou 開刀
Lüliang (Lishi) 做手術
Changzhi 動手術, 開刀
Linhe 動手術, 割
Jining 動手術
Hohhot 動手術, 割
Erenhot 動手術, 開刀
Pingshan 動手術, 開刀
Zhangjiakou 動手術
Handan 動手術, 開刀
Linzhou 動手術
Suide 開刀
Northern Min Jian'ou 開刀
Southern Min Xiamen 開刀
Quanzhou 開刀
Jinjiang 開刀
Zhangzhou 開刀
New Taipei (Tamsui) 開刀
New Taipei (Pingxi) 開刀
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 開刀
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 開刀
Yilan (Toucheng) 開刀
Tainan (Anping) 開刀
Penghu (Xiyu) 開刀
Penang (Hokkien) 開刀
Singapore (Hokkien) 開刀
Manila (Hokkien) 開刀
Wu Shanghai 動手術, 開刀
Suzhou 開刀
Wenzhou 手術, 開刀
Xiang Changsha 動手術, 開刀
  • (to take advantage):
  • (to pull a knife): 拔刀 (bádāo)
  • (to behead):
Dialectal synonyms of 斬首 (“to behead”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 斬首, 殺頭, 砍頭, 開刀 archaic
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 砍頭, 殺頭, 斬首
Harbin 殺頭
Singapore 砍頭
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 斬首, 殺頭
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 斬首
Xining 斬首
Xuzhou 殺頭, 砍頭
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 砍頭
Lanzhou 斬首
Ürümqi 砍頭
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 砍腦殼, 斬首
Wuhan 殺頭, 砍頭
Guiyang 砍腦殼
Liuzhou 砍腦殼, 殺頭
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 砍頭, 斬頭
Yangzhou 殺頭
Nantong 剁頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 斬頭
Hong Kong 斬頭, 殺頭
Taishan 斬頭
Dongguan 斬頭
Gan Nanchang 殺頭, 砍頭
Lichuan 殺頭
Pingxiang 殺腦殼
Hakka Meixian 殺頭
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 斬頭, 㓾頭, 剁頭
Huizhou Jixi 殺頭
Jin Taiyuan 砍頭
Xinzhou 砍得腦
Northern Min Jian'ou 殺頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 刣頭
Southern Min Xiamen 刣頭, 斬頭
Quanzhou 刣頭, 斬頭
Jinjiang 刣頭
Yongchun 刣頭
Zhangzhou 刣頭, 斬頭, 摧頭
Tainan 刣頭
Penang (Hokkien) 刣頭
Singapore (Hokkien) 刣頭
Manila (Hokkien) 鏨頭, 刣頭
Jieyang 斬頭, 刣頭
Leizhou 砍頭
Haikou 砍頭
Puxian Min Putian 刣頭
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 斬首, 砍頭
Wu Shanghai 殺頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 殺頭
Suzhou 殺頭
Danyang 殺頭
Hangzhou 殺頭
Ningbo 殺頭
Wenzhou 殺頭
Jinhua 殺頭, 得頭
Xiang Changsha 砍頭
Loudi 斫腦殼

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