鮮翠

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	bluish-green; green jade
trad. (鮮翠)		鮮	翠
simp. (鲜翠)		鲜	翠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāncuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāncuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siancuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: syān-tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantsuey
    • Palladius: сяньцуй (sjanʹcuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

鮮翠

1. (ancient Sichuanese) bright; distinct
2. (literary) fresh and green

   • 初甚鮮翠，久乃枯槁 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     初甚鲜翠，久乃枯槁 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 屈大均 (Qu Dajun), 廣東新語, 石語

     chū shèn xiāncuì, jiǔ nǎi kūgǎo [Pinyin]

     It is initially fresh and green, but dries up after a long time

Synonyms

• (bright): 鮮明／鲜明 (xiānmíng)