離開

See also: 离开

Chinese

		to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (離開)		離	開
simp. (离开)		离	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ hoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì-khôi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-khui / lî-khui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵ kui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-khe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líkai
    • Wade–Giles: li²-kʻai¹
    • Yale: lí-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: likai
    • Palladius: ликай (likaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ hoi¹
    • Yale: lèih hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì-khôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˇ koi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li² koi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹ kʰoi̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-khui
    • Tâi-lô: lī-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixquy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² kʰui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li³³⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî-khui
    • Tâi-lô: lî-khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li'quy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³⁻³³ kʰui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵ kui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî khui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li-khe
    • MiniDict: li^去 khe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-khe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² kʰe⁴⁴/

Verb

離開

1. to leave; to depart

   離開人世／离开人世  ―  líkāi rénshì  ―  to depart this world; to pass away

   請你立刻離開。／请你立刻离开。  ―  Qǐng nǐ lìkè líkāi.  ―  Please leave immediately.

   我幾乎未曾離開過這個城市。 [MSC, trad.]
   我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ jīhū wèicéng líkāi guò zhège chéngshì. [Pinyin]

   I have hardly ever been out of this city.

Synonyms

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• 捨去 / 舍去 (shěqù) (literary)
• 撤 (chè)
• 背離 / 背离 (bèilí)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 退 (tuì)
• 退出 (tuìchū)
• 遠 / 远 (literary)
• 遠離 / 远离 (yuǎnlí)
• 離去 / 离去 (líqù)
• 離逖 / 离逖 (lítì)

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走, 離開, 離去
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	走, 離開
	Singapore	走, 離開
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	走
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Xining	走
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	走
	Ürümqi	走
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	走
	Wuhan	走
	Guiyang	走
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	走
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走, 扯
	Hong Kong	走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s
	Penang (Guangfu)	走
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 扯
Gan	Nanchang	走
Hakka	Meixian	走
	Yudu	走
Jin	Taiyuan	走
Southern Min	Taipei	走 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	行
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	走, 行
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走
	Danyang	走
	Hangzhou	走
	Jinhua	走
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Related terms

• 分開／分开 (fēnkāi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (離開):

• → Vietnamese: ly khai (離開)