開釋

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	explain; to release
trad. (開釋)		開	釋
simp. (开释)		开	释

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaishìh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: kāi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishyh
    • Palladius: кайши (kajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ sik¹
    • Yale: hōi sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Verb

開釋

1. to release (especially a prisoner); to set free; to liberate
2. to acquit
3. (literary) to explain; to elucidate

Synonyms

• (to release):

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• 敨放 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 釋放 / 释放 (shìfàng) (literally, figuratively)
• 開出 / 开出 (kāichū) (literary)

• (to explain):

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• 交代 (jiāodài)
• 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào) (a situation)
• 分解 (fēnjiě)
• 拆白 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拆破 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解說 / 解说 (jiěshuō)
• 解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì)
• 訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary, or in compounds, meanings of words)
• 說 / 说
• 說明 / 说明 (shuōmíng)
• 說解 / 说解 (shuōjiě) (literary)
• 講明 / 讲明 (jiǎngmíng)
• 講解 / 讲解 (jiǎngjiě)
• 闡明 / 阐明 (chǎnmíng)
• 闡發 / 阐发 (chǎnfā)
• 闡說 / 阐说 (chǎnshuō)
• 闡論 / 阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)
• 闡釋 / 阐释 (chǎnshì)
• 陳 / 陈 (chén) (literary, or in compounds)