精誠

See also: 精诚

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	honest; sincere; true
trad. (精誠)		精	誠
simp. (精诚)		精	诚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ sing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-sêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ sêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingchéng
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-chʻêng²
    • Yale: jīng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingcherng
    • Palladius: цзинчэн (czinčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ sing⁴
    • Yale: jīng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengseeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ sêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ seŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjeng dzyeng

Rime
Character	精	誠
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子盈切	是征切
Baxter	tsjeng	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing1	sing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tseŋ  [d]eŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ  djeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	精	誠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng	chéng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjeng ›	‹ dzyeng ›
Old Chinese	/*tseŋ/	/*[d]eŋ/
English	fine rice; pure	sincere
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	精	誠
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11327	1419
Phonetic component	生	成
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	精	成
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/	/*djeŋ/

Noun

精誠

1. (literary) absolute sincerity; good faith

   大醫精誠／大医精诚  ―  dàyī jīngchéng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 精誠所至，金石為開 / 精诚所至，金石为开 (jīngchéngsuǒzhì, jīnshíwéikāi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (精誠):

• → Japanese: 精誠(せいせい) (seisei); 精誠(せいぜい) (seizei)
• → Korean: 정성(精誠) (jeongseong)
• → Vietnamese: tinh thành (精誠)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	誠
せい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
精	誠
せい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

In the second, less common pronunciation, the sei changes to zei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーせー [sèéséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːse̞ː]

• (Tokyo) せーぜー [sèézéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːze̞ː]

Noun

精(せい)誠(せい) or 精誠(せいぜい) • (seisei or seizei) 

1. absolute sincerity; good faith

Korean

Hanja in this term
精	誠

Noun

精誠 • (jeongseong) (hangeul 정성)

1. hanja form^? of 정성

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精	誠

Noun

精誠

1. chữ Hán form of tinh thành.