開光

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	light; ray; bright
trad. (開光)		開	光
simp. (开光)		开	光

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāiguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ gwong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-kông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khai-kong / khui-kng

(Teochew, Peng'im): kai¹ guang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāiguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaiguang
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-kuang¹
  - Yale: kāi-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiguang
  - Palladius: кайгуан (kajguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ gwong¹
  - Yale: hōi gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: koi´ gong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-kong
  - Tâi-lô: khai-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'kofng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-kng
  - Tâi-lô: khui-kng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qui'kngf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ kŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kai¹ guang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khai kuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai³³⁻²³ kuaŋ³³/

Verb

開光

(Buddhism) to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly built idol; to consecrate; to bless
(humorous) to shave one's hair or face

Derived terms

開光點眼／开光点眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (開光):

→ Korean: 개광(開光) (gaegwang)
→ Vietnamese: khai quang (開光)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
開	光

Verb

開光

chữ Hán form of khai quang (“to consecrate a Buddha image”).

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