開交 [开－]

Jyutping hoi1 gaau1
Pinyin kāi jiāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (used with negative) to conclude
  2. (impossible) to end
  3. (can't) finish
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary, used in the negative
    to conclude; to end; to finish
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们忙得不可开交。
    我們忙得不可開交。
    wǒ men máng dé bù kě kāi jiāo 。
    • We are so busy we'd take any help we could get.
  2. Mandarin
    他们吵得不可开交，以至于没有专注于共同的理想。
    他們吵得不可開交，以至於沒有專注於共同的理想。
    tā men chǎo dé bù kě kāi jiāo ， yǐ zhì yú méi yǒu zhuān zhù yú gòng tóng de lǐ xiǎng 。
    • They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.
  3. Mandarin
    我开车去办公室，我试图尽可能早的从家里出发，以便能避开交通拥堵。
    我開車去辦公室，我試圖儘可能早的從家裏出發，以便能避開交通擁堵。
    wǒ kāi chē qù bàn gōng shì ， wǒ shì tú jǐn kě néng zǎo de cóng jiā lǐ chū fā ， yǐ biàn néng bì kāi jiāo tōng yōng dǔ 。
    • I go to the office by car, and I try to leave home as early as I can so that I can avoid the traffic jams.
  4. Mandarin
    我们黎明时起床以避开交通堵塞。
    我們黎明時起牀以避開交通堵塞。
    wǒ men lí míng shí qǐ chuáng yǐ bì kāi jiāo tōng dǔ sè 。
    • We got up at dawn to avoid a traffic jam.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢而家忙到不可开交，你就唔好烦住佢喇。
    佢而家忙到不可開交，你就唔好煩住佢喇。
    keoi5 ji4 gaa1 mong4 dou3 bat1 ho2 hoi1 gaau1, nei5 zau6 m4 hou2 faan4 zyu6 keoi5 laa3.
    • He is so busy that he could not get away, so don't disturb him.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    你要等一会儿，我的老板现在正忙得不可开交。
    你要等一會兒，我的老闆現在正忙得不可開交。
    nǐ yào děng yī huì r5 ， wǒ de lǎo bǎn xiàn zài zhèng máng de bù kě kāi jiāo ．
    • You have to wait a moment. My boss is extremely busy now.