景致

Chinese

		bright; circumstance; scenery	to send; to devote; to deliver to send; to devote; to deliver; to cause; to convey
trad. (景致/景緻)		景	致/緻
simp. (景致)		景	致

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² zi³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kéng-tì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng² di³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cin-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chih⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjyh
    • Palladius: цзинчжи (czinčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² zi³
    • Yale: gíng ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-tì
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-tì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefngdix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ti¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ti²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng² di³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéng tì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ti²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cin-tsy
    • MiniDict: cin^去 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jin-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin³³ t͡sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

景致

1. scenery; landscape; view; scene (Classifier: 個／个 m)

Synonyms

• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 勝景／胜景 (shèngjǐng) (wonderful scenery)
• 勝概／胜概 (shènggài) (beautiful scenery, literary)
• 山川 (shānchuān) (figurative)
• 山水 (shānshuǐ) (figurative)
• 春景 (chūnjǐng) (spring scenery)
• 春色 (chūnsè) (spring scenery)
• 景物 (jǐngwù)
• 景色 (jǐngsè)
• 景觀／景观 (jǐngguān)
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 氣象／气象 (qìxiàng) (literary)
• 秀色 (xiùsè) (beautiful scenery)
• 秋景 (qiūjǐng) (autumn scenery)
• 秋色 (qiūsè) (autumn scenery)
• 美景 (měijǐng) (beautiful scenery)
• 雨景 (yǔjǐng) (rainy scene)
• 風光／风光
• 風景／风景 (fēngjǐng)
• 風物／风物 (fēngwù)
• 風貌／风貌 (fēngmào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (景致):

• → Japanese: 景致(けいち) (keichi)
• → Korean: 경치(景致) (gyeongchi)
• → Vietnamese: cảnh trí (景致)

References

• “Entry #8491”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
景	致
けい Grade: 4	ち Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːt͡ɕi̥]

Noun

景(けい)致(ち) • (keichi) 

1. scenery, scene, view

Korean

Hanja in this term
景	致

Noun

景致 • (gyeongchi) (hangeul 경치)

1. Hanja form^? of 경치 (“scenery, scene, view”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
景	致

Noun

景致

1. chữ Hán form of cảnh trí (“scenery; surroundings”).