開封

简 开封 · 繁 開封
Mandarin · pinyin kāi fēng#

Meanings · kāi fēng

  1. to open (sth that has been sealed)
Mandarin · pinyin Kāi fēng#

Meanings · Kāi fēng

  1. see 開封市 Kāi fēng Shì
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開
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
封
fēng · letter, envelope; feudal
开
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
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1–1 · kai1 feng1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 fung1

Cantonese word readings for 開封. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hoi1 fung1

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verb

  1. to unseal, to break open a seal

name

  1. (~市) Kaifeng (a prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital)

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開封 · kai1 feng1 · Kai1 feng1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 113,612, 113,611
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Exact source records開封 开封 [kai1 feng1] /to open (sth that has been sealed)/開封 开封 [Kai1 feng1] /see 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4]/