開演

See also: 开演

Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start
 
to develop; to evolve; to practise
to develop; to evolve; to practise; to perform; to play; to act
trad. (開演)
simp. (开演)

Pronunciation


Verb

開演

  1. (of a play, movie, etc.) to begin (to play)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
えん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いえん [kàíéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠iẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(かい)(えん) • (kaien) 

  1. start of a performance

Verb

(かい)(えん)する • (kaien suru) suru (stem (かい)(えん) (kaien shi), past (かい)(えん)した (kaien shita))

  1. to start a performance
    ()もなく開演(かいえん)いたします
    Ma mo naku kaien itashimasu.
    The performance will start shortly.

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • 終演(しゅうえん) (shūen)

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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