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開聲

hoi1 seng1included in 4 dictionaries
hoi1 sing1included in 1 dictionaries
hoi1`53 seng1`53included in 1 dictionaries
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Jyutping:
hoi1 seng1

說話;吭聲

Examples

你哋幾個都開句聲啦

你們幾個也說幾句吧

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
hoi1 seng1
01

#開口 發出聲音 (to start talking or singing)

動詞

Examples

佢一開聲我就知道係佢啦。

keoi5 jat1 hoi1 seng1 ngo5 zau6 zi1 dou3 hai6 keoi5 laa1.

I know it's him once he starts talking.

02

引申指發表意見、指出問題、表示支持 (to speak up; to voice out (to express concern or to support someone, etc.))

Examples

#開到聲

hoi1 dou3 seng1

to say something explicitly

03

開着電子#裝置#響聲 或者#音量 (to turn on the ringtone or volume of a device)

Examples

有咩就打字啦,返工唔可以開聲。

jau5 me1 zau6 daa2 zi6 laa1, faan1 gung1 m4 ho2 ji5 hoi1 seng1.

Type it out if you have anything to say. I can't turn on the volume during working hours.

04

正式唱歌之前嘅熱身,唱一啲簡單嘅音或者做一啲簡單嘅練習,用嚟熟習唱歌運聲 (vocal warm-up, an pre-performance exercise to fine-tune one's vocal muscles)

Examples

如果唔開聲就上台,會唱得好難聽。

jyu4 gwo2 m4 hoi1 seng1 zau6 soeng5 toi4, wui5 coeng3 dak1 hou2 naan4 teng1.

One's performance would be disastrous if he skipped his vocal warm-up.

維基辭典YueWord
Jyutping:
hoi1 seng1Original phonetic: /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
hoi1 sing1Original phonetic: /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
01

to utter; to start speaking

02

to speak up; to give voice

03

to warm up one's voice

粵語辭源: 409_6CantonWord
Jyutping:
hoi1 seng1Original phonetic: hoi1 séng1

作聲;吭聲。(饒秉才等:2020:193)

References:
  • 鄭十方纔~道:“容我也擲擲兒麼?”(明·凌濛初《二刻拍案驚奇》卷之八葉十五,明崇禎尚友堂刻本)