菁英

Chinese

		flower of leek	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (菁英)		菁	英
simp. #(菁英)		菁	英
alternative forms		精英

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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      edit edit 精英 菁英

• 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

菁英

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

Synonyms

• (essence):

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• 精粹 (jīngcuì)
• 精髓 (jīngsuǐ)
• 菁華 / 菁华 (jīnghuá)

 

• (elite):

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• 人才 (réncái)
• 俊才 (jùncái)
• 天才 (tiāncái) (genius)
• 有天才的人 (yǒu tiāncái de rén)
• 材料 (cáiliào) (figurative)
• 棟樑 / 栋梁 (dòngliáng) (figurative)
• 菁英 / 精英 (jīngyīng) (elite)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “elite”):

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• 庸才 (yōngcái)

 

Derived terms

• 菁英人才
• 菁英學校 / 菁英学校
• 菁英政治
• 菁英管理