凊彩

凊彩

Chinese

		cool; fresh; to cool	(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (凊彩)		凊	彩
simp. #(凊彩)		凊	彩
alternative forms		請裁／请裁 凊采 凊菜 凊採／凊采 信採／信采 請裁／请裁 凊采 凊菜 凊採／凊采 信採／信采 襯採／衬采 靘彩 且睬 且採／且采 䞋采 䞋綵／䞋彩 䞋彩 稱采／称采 稱採／称采 稱睬／称睬 稱彩／称彩 儭睬／𠋆睬 情在 盡在／尽在 輕菜／轻菜 青菜 青采 信嘴 信手

Etymology

Uncertain. Here are a few possibilities:

• 凊彩: From 凊 (“cold”) + 彩 (“good”) — “not good enough” > “cannot choose”.
• 靘彩: literally “dark or colourful” — it doesn't matter which you choose.

Folk etymologists often claim 請裁, shortened from 請汝裁決 (“please decide”). This is phonologically unlikely.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-chhái / khìn-chhái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cing³ cai² / cêng³ cai²

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: tshìn-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienzhae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khìn-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: khìn-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qienzhae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cing³ cai² / cêng³ cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshìng tshái / tshèng tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁵²/, /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁵²⁻²¹/

Note: cêng3 cai2 - Jieyang.

Adjective

凊彩

1. (Hokkien) any; whichever
2. (Hokkien) casual; easygoing
3. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan Hokkien) careless; irresponsible

Adverb

凊彩

1. (Min Nan) casually; informally

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隨便 (“casually; as one pleases; at random”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		隨便
Mandarin	Taiwan	隨便
	Yangzhou	隨便
	Nanjing	隨便
	Malaysia	隨便
	Singapore	隨便
Cantonese	Guangzhou	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	隨便
	Macau	是但
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	是但, 隨便
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	是但
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	隨便
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	是但
	Foshan	是但, 隨便
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	是但
	Foshan (Shunde)	是但
	Foshan (Sanshui)	隨便
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	求其
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	是但
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	是但
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	求其
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	是但, 隨便
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	是但
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	求其, 是但
	Taishan	是但, 求其
	Kaiping (Chikan)	是但, 求其
	Enping (Niujiang)	求其, 是但
	Heshan (Yayao)	是但, 隨便
	Dongguan	隨便, 是但, 求其
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	是但
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	隨便
	Singapore (Guangfu)	隨便
Gan	Nanchang	隨便
Hakka	Meixian	隨便
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	隨便
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	隨便
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隨便
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	隨便
	Conghua (Lütian)	隨便
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	儘採
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	儘採
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	儘採
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	儘採
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	儘採
Huizhou	Jixi	隨便
Min Dong	Fuzhou	隨便
Min Nan	Xiamen	凊彩
	Quanzhou	凊彩
	Anxi	凊彩
	Zhangzhou	凊彩
	Zhao'an	凊彩
	Dongshan	凊彩
	Tainan	凊彩
	Penang (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Manila (Hokkien)	凊彩
	Chaozhou	亂
	Shantou	亂, 凊彩
	Jieyang	亂, 凊彩
	Lufeng	凊彩
	Haifeng	凊彩
	Singapore (Teochew)	亂, 凊彩
	Singapore (Hainanese)	凊彩
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	是但
Wu	Shanghai	隨便
	Danyang	隨便
	Jinhua	隨便
Xiang	Loudi	隨便

Descendants

• → Indonesian: cincai
• → Malay: cincai, cingcai

References

• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #304”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• 劉建仁 (2011-01-21), “襯採•靘彩（ts‘inʟ-ts‘aiˋ）──隨便”, in 台灣話的語源與理據‎ (in Chinese), retrieved 2016-10-12