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開門

简开门 · 繁開門

Mandarin · pinyin kāi mén

(lit. and fig.) to open a door
to open for business

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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1–2 · kai1 men2

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 mun4

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

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hoi1 mun4

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verb

(intransitive, verb-object) to open the door
(figurative) to open for business
(figurative) to do things in an open-door manner

adj

(antique appraisal, gemstone identification) obviously authentic.

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