精彩

Chinese

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ coi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn-chhái
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngcǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingcǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-tsʻai³
    • Yale: jīng-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtsae
    • Palladius: цзинцай (czincaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ coi²
    • Yale: jīng chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin´ cai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ cai³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴ t͡sʰai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 精彩

1. brilliant; splendid; outstanding; exquisite; amazing

   演得精彩  ―  yǎn de jīngcǎi  ―  to perform brilliantly

Synonyms

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• 健全 (jiànquán)
• 完善 (wánshàn)
• 完美 (wánměi)
• 工巧 (gōngqiǎo)
• 工致 (gōngzhì)
• 幼路 (Hokkien)
• 精妙 (jīngmiào)
• 精工 (jīnggōng)
• 精巧 (jīngqiǎo)
• 精細／精细 (jīngxì)
• 精緻／精致 (jīngzhì)
• 精美 (jīngměi)
• 精良 (jīngliáng)
• 細緻／细致 (xìzhì)
• 細膩／细腻 (xìnì)
• 考究 (kǎojiu)

 

Antonyms

• 平淡 (píngdàn)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 精彩

1. amazing things; brilliance

   掃一掃，發現更多精彩。 [MSC, trad.]
   扫一扫，发现更多精彩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Sǎo yī sǎo, fāxiàn gèng duō jīngcǎi. [Pinyin]

   Scan to discover more amazing things.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	彩
せい Grade: 5	さい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 生彩

Noun

精(せい)彩(さい) • (seisai) 

1. brilliance, luster, colorfulness
2. vividness