開張

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See also: 开张

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	(a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (開張)		開	張
simp. (开张)		开	张
anagram		張開／张开

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāizhāng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄓㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ zoeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-chông
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khai-tiong / khai-tiang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāizhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄓㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaijhang
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-chang¹
  - Yale: kāi-jāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaijang
  - Palladius: кайчжан (kajčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ zoeng¹
  - Yale: hōi jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-chông
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˊ zong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ zong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡soŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'diofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰai³³ tiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-tiang
  - Tâi-lô: khai-tiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'diafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² tiaŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: khoj trjang

Rime
Character	開	張
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	苦哀切	陟良切
Baxter	khoj	trjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/ʈɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/ʈiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/ȶiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/ʈɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/ȶiaŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/ȶĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/ȶi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	zhāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi¹	zoeng¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*Nə-ʰˤəj|ʰˤəj C.traŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯːl taŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	開	開	張
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kāi	kāi	zhāng
Middle Chinese	‹ khoj ›	‹ khoj ›	‹ trjang ›
Old Chinese	/*Nə-ʰˁəj/	/*ʰˁəj/	/*C.traŋ/
English	to open (v.i.)	to open (v.t.)	draw a bow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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	開	張
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	7348	1259
Phonetic component	開	長
Rime group	微	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	開	張
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯːl/	/*taŋ/

Verb

開張

to open
(of a new business) to start; to open for business
我的店鋪下個星期開張，歡迎各位親朋好友前來。 [MSC, trad.]
我的店铺下个星期开张，欢迎各位亲朋好友前来。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ de diànpù xià ge xīngqī kāizhāng, huānyíng gèwèi qīnpénghǎoyǒu qiánlái.
My shop will open for business next week, and all my friends and relatives are welcome to come.
to conduct the first transaction of the day
(figuratively) to begin; to start; to develop; to launch

Synonyms

(to open for business): 開業／开业 (kāiyè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (開張):

→ Japanese: 開(かい)張(ちょう) (kaichō)
→ Korean: 개장(開張) (gaejang)
→ Vietnamese: khai trương (開張)

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