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開闢

開闢

See also: 开辟 and 開辟

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	dispel; open up; refute
trad. (開闢)		開	闢
simp. (开辟)		开	辟

Alternative forms

開辟

Verb

開闢

to open; to open up; to set up; to start
to build (a road)
to create (the world)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	闢
かい Grade: 3	びゃく Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

開闢 ‎(hiragana かいびゃく, romaji kaibyaku)

beginnings, creation, founding (of an empire)

Verb

開闢する ‎(hiragana かいびゃくする, romaji kaibyaku suru)

to create (the world), to found

Conjugation

Conjugation of "開闢する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	開闢し	かいびゃくし	kaibyaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	開闢し	かいびゃくし	kaibyaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	開闢する	かいびゃくする	kaibyaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	開闢する	かいびゃくする	kaibyaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	開闢すれ	かいびゃくすれ	kaibyaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	開闢せよ¹ 開闢しろ²	かいびゃくせよ¹ かいびゃくしろ²	kaibyaku seyo¹ kaibyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	開闢される	かいびゃくされる	kaibyaku sareru
Causative	開闢させる開闢さす	かいびゃくさせるかいびゃくさす	kaibyaku saseru kaibyaku sasu
Potential	開闢できる	かいびゃくできる	kaibyaku dekiru
Volitional	開闢しよう	かいびゃくしよう	kaibyaku shiyō
Negative	開闢しない	かいびゃくしない	kaibyaku shinai
Negative continuative	開闢せず	かいびゃくせず	kaibyaku sezu
Formal	開闢します	かいびゃくします	kaibyaku shimasu
Perfective	開闢した	かいびゃくした	kaibyaku shita
Conjunctive	開闢して	かいびゃくして	kaibyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	開闢すれば	かいびゃくすれば	kaibyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
開	闢

Noun

開闢 • ‎(gaebyeok) ‎(hangeul 개벽)

Hanja form^? of 개벽, “creation”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kāipì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄆㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ pik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-phit
Min Nan (POJ): khai-pi̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāipì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄆㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaipih
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ pik¹
  - Yale: hōi pīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ pik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-phit
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi´ pid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ pid⁵
  - IPA: /kʰo̯i²⁴ pʰit̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-pi̍t
  - Tâi-lô: khai-pi̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'pit
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² pit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ pit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² pit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ pit̚⁴/