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): ㄎㄞㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ mun⁴ cat¹ gin⁶ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāimén qī jiàn shì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄇㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄐㄧㄢˋ 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

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

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