開花

開⫽花 (verb-object)

1. to blossom; to bloom; to flower

   草莓不開花，也不結果。 [MSC, trad.]
   草莓不开花，也不结果。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cǎoméi bù kāihuā, yě bù jiēguǒ. [Pinyin]

   The strawberry tree won't bloom or bear fruit.

   • 但有一個夢，不會死，記著吧！無論雨怎麼打，自由仍是會開花！ [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     但有一个梦，不会死，记着吧！无论雨怎么打，自由仍是会开花！ [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 周禮茂 (lyricist), 《自由花》

     daan⁶ jau⁵ jat¹ go³ mung⁶, bat¹ wui⁵ sei², gei³ zoek⁶ baa⁶! mou⁴ leon⁶ jyu⁵ zam² mo¹ daa², zi⁶ jau⁴ jing⁴ si⁶ wui⁵ hoi¹ faa¹! [Jyutping]

     But there is a dream [which] does not die, remember it! No matter how [heavy] the rain is, freedom will still blossom!

2. (figurative) to burst; to split open; to break open

   屁股開花／屁股开花  ―  pìgǔ kāihuā  ―  (figurative) aching tremendously in buttocks (as if they are cracking)

3. (figurative) to burst with joy
4. (figurative) to spread over; to spring up

• (to blossom): (literary) 掛花／挂花 (guàhuā); (Hakka, Xiang) 打花

From Middle Chinese compound 開花／开花 (khoj xwæ, literally “to open + flower”). Compare modern Mandarin reading kāihuā.

• (Tokyo) か​いか [káꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ika̠]

開(かい)花(か) • (kaika) ^{←かいくわ (kaikwa)?}

1. flowering, blossoming

   今年(ことし)は開花(かいか)が早(はや)い。

   Kotoshi wa kaika ga hayai.

   This year's bloom was early.

2. (by extension) showing results, bearing fruit, being successful

開(かい)花(か)する • (kaika suru) intransitive suru (stem 開(かい)花(か)し (kaika shi), past 開(かい)花(か)した (kaika shita))

1. to flower, to blossom, to bloom
2. (by extension) to show results, to bear fruit, to be a success

• (bloom): 咲(さ)く (saku)

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.