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開口hoi1 hau2to request or ask for開口有話hoi1 hau2 jau5 waa6as the saying goes…..開口棗hoi1 hau2 zou2deep fried sesame balls, a type of snack開古hoi1 gu2reveal the answer for a riddle or puzzle開嚟hoi1 lai2open it (spoken)開坑hoi1 haang1to open up; to dig a ditch開埋井俾人食水hoi1 maai4 zeng2 bei2 jan4 sik6 seoi2to work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit開夜hoi1 je6working into the night (spoken)開大價hoi1 daai6 gaa3to ask for something very unreasonably expensive, usually money開大hoi1 daai6to open wide; to turn up; to defecate開天索價，落地還錢hoi1 tin1 saak3， lok6 dei6 waan4 cin4this phrase is used to describe during negotiations between two parties, the seller asking for a sky-high price whilst the buyer returns the offer with a rock bottom price開天索價hoi1 tin1 sok3 gaa3quoting at an unbelievable high price (spoken)開學日hoi1 hok6 jat6the first day of school; commencement day開工典禮hoi1 gung1 din2 lai5the opening ceremony; the commencement ceremony; the groundbreaking ceremony開幕hoi1 mok6opening ceremony; grand opening開平碉樓hoi1 ping4 diu1 lau4Kaiping Watchtowers, a place in Guangdong, China開年hoi1 nin4meal for Chinese New Year served with meat開底hoi1 dai2open base; the outer side開hoi1(verb) (of meeting, exhibition or events) to hold開張大吉hoi1 zoeng1 daai6 gat1auspicious beginning of a new enterprise; the grand opening開彩hoi1 coi2to draw the lottery開心見誠hoi1 sam1 gin3 sing4nothing to hide; be frank (slang)開房hoi1 fong2original meaning: booking and subsequently staying in a hotel room, current usage: to have sex in a hotel room開手hoi1 sau2to (let something) leave from one's hands; to start; to start a fight開拓創新hoi1 tok3 cong3 san1pioneering and innovative開拖hoi1 to1to start a fight開揚hoi1 joeng4bright, open and spacious; cheerful開攤hoi1 taan1to open a stall開支票hoi1 zi1 piu3to write a cheque開放政策hoi1 fong3 zing3 caak3 open door policy開放日hoi1 fong3 jat6(public) open day開放電路hoi1 fong3 din6 lou6open circuit