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開拍

简开拍 · 繁開拍

Mandarin · pinyin kāi pāi

to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)
to start the bidding (auction)
to start a trading session (stock market)

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
拍: pāi · clap, tap, beat; beat or rhythm
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–1 · kai1 pai1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 paak3

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

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verb

to begin shooting (a movie, a scene, etc.)
to start the bidding; to begin the auction
(stock market) to start a trading session

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