精英

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (精英)		精	英
simp. #(精英)		精	英
alternative forms		菁英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-eng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingying
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-ying¹
    • Yale: jīng-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinging
    • Palladius: цзинъин (czinʺin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹ jing¹
    • Yale: jīng yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-eng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 精英

1. best feature or most important part (of something); essence; quintessence
2. elite; cream