精彩

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (精彩)		精	彩
simp. #(精彩)		精	彩
alternative forms		精采

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ cai²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-tshe₅

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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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin^ˊ cai^ˋ
    • 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-tshe₅
    • MiniDict: cin^平 tshe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-tshe₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

Adjective

精彩

1. brilliant; splendid; outstanding; exquisite; amazing

   演得精彩  ―  yǎn de jīngcǎi  ―  to perform brilliantly

   活得精不精彩，在於你會不會做人。 [MSC, trad.]
   活得精不精彩，在于你会不会做人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huó de jīng bù jīngcǎi, zàiyú nǐ huì bù huì zuòrén. [Pinyin]

   Whether you can live an amazing life or not depends on whether you can conduct yourself with integrity.

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

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• 缺 (quē)

 

Noun

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.

References

• “Entry #50858”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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