# 開幕
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kāimù
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄇㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi$^1$ mok$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-muk / khôi-mok
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui-bō͘ / khai-bō͘ / khui-mō͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kāimù
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄇㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kaimù
*** Wade–Giles: kʻai$^1$-mu$^4$
*** Yale: kāi-mù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimuh
*** Palladius: кайму (kajmu)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^1$ mok$^6$
*** Yale: hōi mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^1$ mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^1$ mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ mɔːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-muk / khôi-mok
*** Hakka Romanization System: koi$^ˊ$ mug$^ˋ$ / koi$^ˊ$ mog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: koi$^1$ mug$^5$ / koi$^1$ mog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ muk̚²/, /kʰoi̯²⁴ mok̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-muk
*** Hakka Romanization System: koi$^ˊ$ mug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: koi$^1$ mug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴ muk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-bō͘
*** Tâi-lô: khui-bōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qui'bo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-bō͘
*** Tâi-lô: khai-bōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qai'bo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui-mō͘
*** Tâi-lô: khui-mōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: quimo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³ mɔ̃⁴¹/

### Verb

開幕
* (of plays, cinemas, etc.) to give the first public performance
* to open or inaugurate (ceremony for a conference, new building, etc.); to open a session
* (archaic) to set up an office for a commanding officer

#### Derived terms

* 開幕式／开幕式 (kāimùshì)

#### Related terms

* 揭幕 (jiēmù)
* 落幕 (luòmù)

### References

* “Entry #9224”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 開 | 幕 |
| かい Grade: 3 | まく Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

開(かい)幕(まく) • (kaimaku)
* rising of the curtain of a stage, the beginning of a performance
* opening of a ceremony, festivity or conference

### Verb

開(かい)幕(まく)する • (kaimaku suru) suru (stem 開(かい)幕(まく)し (kaimaku shi), past 開(かい)幕(まく)した (kaimaku shita))
* for a performance to begin
* for some event to open, begin

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 開幕し | かいまくし | kaimaku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 開幕し | かいまくし | kaimaku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 開幕する | かいまくする | kaimaku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 開幕する | かいまくする | kaimaku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 開幕すれ | かいまくすれ | kaimaku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 開幕せよ¹ 開幕しろ² | かいまくせよ¹ かいまくしろ² | kaimaku seyo¹ kaimaku shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 開幕される | かいまくされる | kaimaku sareru |
| Causative | 開幕させる 開幕さす | かいまくさせる かいまくさす | kaimaku saseru kaimaku sasu |
| Potential | 開幕できる | かいまくできる | kaimaku dekiru |
| Volitional | 開幕しよう | かいまくしよう | kaimaku shiyō |
| Negative | 開幕しない | かいまくしない | kaimaku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 開幕せず | かいまくせず | kaimaku sezu |
| Formal | 開幕します | かいまくします | kaimaku shimasu |
| Perfective | 開幕した | かいまくした | kaimaku shita |
| Conjunctive | 開幕して | かいまくして | kaimaku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 開幕すれば | かいまくすれば | kaimaku sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

#### Antonyms

* 閉幕(へいまく) (heimaku)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 開 | 幕 |

### Verb

開幕
* chữ Hán form of khai mạc (“to start an opening ceremony”).