開門七件事

See also: 开门七件事

Chinese

		to open the door; to open for business	seven	a measure word for thing, clothes, item	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (開門七件事)		開門	七	件	事
simp. (开门七件事)		开门	七	件	事
Literally: “the seven items (needed) for going into business (firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea)”.

Etymology

From a poem in the Yuan Dynasty dynasty play 劉行首／刘行首.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāimén qī jiàn shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄧ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ mun⁴ cat¹ gin⁶ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāimén qī jiàn shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄧ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaimén ci jiàn shìh
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-mên² chʻi¹ chien⁴ shih⁴
    • Yale: kāi-mén chī jyàn shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimen chi jiann shyh
    • Palladius: каймэнь ци цзянь ши (kajmɛnʹ ci czjanʹ ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ mun⁴ cat¹ gin⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: hōi mùhn chāt gihn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ mun⁴ tsat⁷ gin⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ mun⁴ ced¹ gin⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kiːn²² siː²²/

Idiom

開門七件事

1. daily necessities

Synonyms

• 布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù)
• 必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
• 日常用品 (rìcháng yòngpǐn)
• 日用品 (rìyòngpǐn)
• 柴米油鹽／柴米油盐 (cháimǐyóuyán)
• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)
• 油鹽醬醋／油盐酱醋 (yóuyánjiàngcù)
• 生活用品 (shēnghuó yòngpǐn)
• 用物 (yòngwù) (literary)
• 粟帛 (sùbó) (literary)
• 薪水 (xīnshuǐ) (literary)

 

See also

• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)

References

• 劉行首第二折