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開場

简开场 · 繁開場

Mandarin · pinyin kāi chǎng

to begin
to open
to start
beginning of an event

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
場: chǎng · open space, field, market
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
场: chǎng · open space, field, market

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1–3 · kai1 chang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 coeng4

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

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verb

to begin a performance
to open a gambling house

noun

curtain-raiser; prelude

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