彩虹

Chinese

		(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize	rainbow
simp. and trad. (彩虹)		彩	虹
anagram		虹彩

一道彩虹。

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cǎihóng
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
(Chengdu, SP): cai³ hong²
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² hung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhái-fùng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhái-hông / chhái-khēng
(Teochew, Peng'im): cai² hong⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): tshe hhon (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cǎihóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǎihóng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-hung²
  - Yale: tsǎi-húng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaehorng
  - Palladius: цайхун (cajxun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xʊŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cai³ hong²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: caaixung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵³ xoŋ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi² hung⁴
  - Yale: chói hùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² hung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi² hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ hʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhái-fùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai` fungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai³ fung²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯³¹ fuŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-hông
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'hoong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái-khēng
  - Tâi-lô: tshái-khīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhay'qeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cai² hong⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái hông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²⁻³⁵ hoŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tshe hhon (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰe̞³³ ɦʊŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰʌi^X ɦuŋ/

Rime
Character	彩	虹
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	倉宰切	戸公切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌi^X/	/ɦuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəi^X/	/ɦuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒi^X/	/ɣuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəj^X/	/ɦəwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀi^X/	/ɣuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒi^X/	/ɣuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆i^X/	/ɣuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi	hóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi²	hung⁴

Noun

彩虹

rainbow (Classifier: 道 m c; 條／条 m c)
- 丹霞蔽日，彩虹帶天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  丹霞蔽日，彩虹带天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 3^th century, Cao Rui, 步出夏門行
  Dānxiá bì rì, cǎihóng dài tiān. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 虹 (“rainbow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		虹, 螮蝀, 雩, 隮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		彩虹, 虹
Mandarin	Beijing	虹
	Taiwan	彩虹
	Tianjin	虹
	Langfang	虹
	Tangshan	虹
	Cangzhou	虹
	Xianxian (Xiaoying)	彩虹, 虹
	Baoding	虹
	Shijiazhuang	虹
	Daming	虹
	Ulanhot	七彩虹
	Tongliao	彩虹
	Chifeng	虹
	Bayanhot	彩虹, 虹
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	彩虹
	Harbin	虹
	Wuchang (Yingchengzi)	虹
	Shenyang	虹
	Yantai (Muping)	虹
	Qingdao	虹
	Rizhao	虹
	Jinan	虹
	Luoyang	虹
	Wanrong	虹
	Zhengzhou	虹
	Kaifeng	虹
	Ankang	虹
	Ankang (Xianhe)	虹
	Baihe (Maoping)	虹
	Shiquan	虹
	Ziyang	虹
	Xi'an	虹
	Dingbian	彩虹
	Yinchuan	虹
	Yongning (Najiahu)	虹
	Wuzhong	虹
	Yanchi	虹
	Tongxin	虹
	Zhongwei	虹
	Guyuan	虹
	Longde	虹
	Jingyuan	虹
	Lanzhou	虹
	Xining	虹
	Ürümqi	虹
	Ürümqi (Xigou)	彩虹
	Ürümqi (Changshanzi)	虹
	Yanqi	虹
	Wuhan	虹
	Huanggang	虹
	Hong'an	虹
	Chengdu	虹, 天橋, 彩虹, 天龍
	Chengdu (Xindu)	虹
	Muli	虹
	Guiyang	虹
	Kunming	虹
	Guilin	虹, 彩虹
	Guilin (Lingui)	虹
	Pingle	龍虹, 彩虹
	Liuzhou	虹, 彩虹
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	虹
	Luzhai	彩虹
	Nanning (Wuming)	彩虹
	Yizhou	龍虹
Luocheng (Dongmen)	龍虹 dated, 彩虹
Tianlin (Langping)	虹
Tianlin (Pingtang)	虹
Xiangzhou (Nalu)	虹槓東
Xuzhou	虹
Yangzhou	虹
Nanjing	虹
Hefei	虹
Chuzhou	虹
Nantong	鱟, 虹
Qimen (Anling Junhua)	虹
Jiangshan (Nianbadu)	虹
Kaihua (Huabu)	虹
Yushan (Huaiyu)	虹
Singapore	彩虹
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	虹
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	虹
Kokang	虹吃水, 龍虹
Dagudi (Maliba)	彩虹
Reshuitang (Longling)	老虹
Mae Salong (Lancang)	老虹, 彩虹
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老虹
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	虹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	虹, 天虹, 龍拱
	Hong Kong	彩虹, 天虹
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	天弓
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	虹
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	天弓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	天虹
	Macau	虹
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	虹
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	龍
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	龍虹
	Foshan	鑊耳龍
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	龍
	Foshan (Shunde)	拱篷
	Foshan (Sanshui)	鑊耳龍
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	龍
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	虹拱
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	播虹
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	龍孔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	龍孔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	叫虹
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鑊耳, 水拱
	Taishan	鑊耳, 水虹
	Taishan (Guanghai)	龍生水, 鑊耳虹, 彩虹
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鑊耳龍, 水拱
	Enping (Niujiang)	鑊耳龍
	Heshan (Yayao)	虹
	Dongguan	虹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	虹
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	天弓
	Qingyuan	虹
	Fogang	虹, 龍
	Yingde (Hanguang)	天弓
	Yangshan	虹
	Lianshan (Butian)	汗龍
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	天虹
	Shaoguan	虹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	虹
	Renhua	天虹
	Lechang	天虹
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	龍
	Sihui	龍
	Guangning	龍
	Deqing	龍
	Huaiji	虹
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	旱龍
	Yunfu	龍
	Xinxing	龍
	Yunan (Pingtai)	龍
	Yangjiang	破篷
	Xinyi	湴更
	Lianjiang	虹
	Nanning	虹, 雙虹
	Nanning (Tanka)	彩虹
	Wuzhou	彩虹
	Yulin	龐虹
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	天虹, 虹
	Hepu (Shatian)	拱
	Guiping	虹
	Guiping (Jintian)	虹
	Guiping (Jiangkou)	虹, 彩虹
	Guiping (Madong)	龐虹
	Pingnan (Danzhu)	龍
	Mengshan (Xihe)	龍
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	虹
Beiliu	湴界, 彩虹
Beiliu (Tangliao)	虹
Baise	虹, 雙虹
Bobai	虹
Lingshan	龐虹
Pubei	龐虹
Qinzhou	天虹, 虹, 彩虹
Qinzhou (Xiaodong)	龐虹
Qinzhou (Changtan)	龐虹
Qinzhou (Nasi)	龐虹
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	虹
Beihai	天虹, 天橋
Beihai (Nankang)	拱
Beihai (Yingpan)	拱
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	拱
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	篷拱
Ningming	虹
Hezhou (Pumen)	虹
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	天弓
Chongzuo (Laituan)	天虹
Fusui (Qujiu)	蛤筒食水
Lingchuan (Yangjia)	龍虹
Pingle (Majia)	彩虹
Pingle (Shuishan)	虹
Danzhou	天虹
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	彩虹, 彩龍
Sarikei (Xinhui)	龍拱
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	彩虹
Móng Cái	天弓
Yangon (Taishan)	虹
Mandalay (Taishan)	鑊耳虹
Bangkok (Guangfu)	虹
Gan	Nanchang	虹
	Pengze	虹
	Yanshan	虹
	Lichuan	天虹, 天吊, 虹
	Pingxiang	虹
	Guixi	虹
Hakka	Meixian	天弓
	Xingning	天弓
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	彩虹
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	彩虹
	Huidong (Daling)	天弓
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	天弓
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	天弓
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	天弓
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	天弓食水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	虹
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	天弓
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	天弓
	Wuhua (Changbu)	天弓
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	天弓
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	虹
	Zijin	天弓
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	虹
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	天弓
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	龍
	Liannan	天虹
	Conghua (Lütian)	虹
	Jiexi	弓
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	虹
	Changting	虹
	Wuping	天弓
	Wuping (Yanqian)	天弓
	Wuping (Pingyu)	天弓
	Liancheng	虹
	Liancheng (Peitian)	天門神
	Ninghua	虹
	Yudu	虹
	Ningdu	虹
	Ruijin	虹
	Shicheng	虹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	虹
	Tonggu (Sandu)	天虹
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	虹
	Dayu	虹
	Taoyuan	天弓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	天弓, 虹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	天弓
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	虹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	天弓
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	虹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	虹
	Hong Kong	天弓
	Mengshan (Xihe)	虹
	Luchuan	天公虹
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	天公降水
	Bobai (Shahe)	天弓
	Bobai (Longtan)	天弓
	Bobai (Lingping)	天弓
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	天公食水
	Beiliu (Gonghe)	天弓
	Xingye (Gaofeng)	天弓
	Mashan (Pianlian)	天公食水
	Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)	虹
	Lipu (Shuangduitun)	彩虹
	Lipu (Dashigu)	彩虹, 月龍
	Pingle (Tong'an)	彩龍
	Guidong	天虹
Chengdu (Longtan)	天弓
Chengdu (Shiling)	天弓
Chengdu (Longwang)	天弓
Chengdu (Shibantan)	天弓
Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict)	天弓, 虹
Sabah (Longchuan)	天弓
Senai (Huiyang)	天弓, 彩虹
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	弓
Singkawang	天弓
Pontianak (Meixian)	天弓
Medan (Metal - Meixian)	彩虹
Singapore (Meixian)	天弓
Singapore (Dabu)	彩虹
Bangkok (Meixian)	彩虹, 天弓
Bangkok (Jiexi)	弓
Huizhou	Jixi	日頭紅虹, 虹
	Shexian	虹, 彩虹
	Shexian (Xianggao)	虹
	Shexian (Daguyun)	虹
	Tunxi	虹
	Yixian	虹
	Qimen	虹
	Qimen (Anling Minhua)	虹
	Wuyuan	虹
	Fuliang	虹
	Dexing	彩虹
	Shitai (Xianyu)	虹
Jin	Taiyuan	虹
	Pingyao	虹
	Datong	虹
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	虹
	Xinzhou	虹
	Changzhi	虹
	Taibus (Baochang)	虹
	Linhe	虹
	Jining	虹
	Hohhot	虹
	Baotou	虹
	Dongsheng	虹
	Haibowan	虹
	Zhangjiakou	虹
	Handan	虹
Jiuxing Yumin	Jiande	鱟
	Jinhua	鱟
	Lanxi	鱟
	Tunxi	虹
Min Bei	Jian'ou	虹
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	虹
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	虹
	Pucheng (Shibei)	虹, 攔溪仔 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	虹
	Fuqing	虹
	Gutian	虹
	Shouning	虹
	Matsu	虹
Min Nan	Xiamen	虹
	Quanzhou	虹
	Jinjiang	虹
	Yongchun	虹
	Zhangzhou	虹
	Hua'an	虹
	Dongshan	虹
	Taipei	虹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	虹
	Kaohsiung	虹
	Yilan	虹
	Changhua (Lukang)	虹
	Taichung	虹
	Taichung (Wuqi)	虹
	Tainan	虹
	Taitung	虹
	Hsinchu	虹
	Kinmen	虹
	Penghu (Magong)	虹
	Penang (Hokkien)	虹
	Singapore (Hokkien)	虹
	Manila (Hokkien)	彩虹
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	天虹
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	虹
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	虹
	Pingnan (Sijie)	虹
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	虹, 彩虹
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	發紅雲
	Guilin (Biyange)	龍公
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	龍, 天橋
	Lechang (Tatou)	天虹
	Renhua (Changshabei)	天虹
	Yingde (Yuzui)	虹
	Yunan (Liantan)	龍, 虹
	Yuhuan (Kanmen)	虹
	Chaozhou	虹
	Shantou	虹
	Shantou (Chenghai)	虹
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	虹, 彩虹
	Jieyang	虹
	Haifeng	虹
	Bangkok (Teochew)	虹
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	彩虹
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	虹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	虹
	Pontianak (Teochew)	虹
	Leizhou	虹
	Wenchang	虹
	Haikou	虹
	Wanning	虹
Puxian Min	Putian	虹
	Putian (Donghai)	虹
	Putian (Jiangkou)	虹
	Putian (Nanri)	虹
	Xianyou	虹
	Xianyou (Fengting)	虹
	Xianyou (Youyang)	虹
	Fuding (Aoyao)	虹
Min Zhong	Yong'an	虹
Min Zhong	Sanyuan	虹
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	播虹
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	跨篷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	虹
	Nanning (Shajing)	虹
	Nanning (Gejiayuan)	虹
	Nanning (Zhegulu)	虹, 拱橋
	Nanning (Silian)	虹, 天虹
	Nanning (Xiuxiang)	虹
	Nanning (Sucun)	虹, 幹筒
	Binyang	虹, 龍虹
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	虹
	Hengxian (Baihe)	龐虹
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	虹
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	虹
	Guilin (Dongbianzhou)	虹
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	虹
	Guilin (Dabu)	雨界
	Guilin (Yangjia)	龍
	Guilin (Qianjing)	雨虹
	Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)	江東龍, 龍虹
	Guilin (Huangsha, Lingui)	龍虹
	Guilin (Liangjiang, Lingui)	天龍, 彩圈
	Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)	虹
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	虹
	Lingchuan (Gaoqiao)	虹
	Lingchuan (Gudong)	龍虹
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	虹
	Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)	彩虹, 虹
	Lingchuan (Gongping)	龍虹
	Guanyang (Guanyinge)	龍虹
	Pingle (Zhangjia)	虹
	Yangshuo (Putao)	雨虹
	Liucheng (Yangmei)	虹
	Luocheng (Niubi)	長虹
Shehua	Ningde	蛟龍
	Fu'an	蛟龍
	Fuding	蛟龍
	Zhouning	蛟龍
	Xiapu	蛟龍
	Shouning	虹
	Gutian	蛟龍
	Luoyuan	蛟龍
	Sanming	蛟龍
	Shunchang	蛟龍
	Hua'an	蛟龍
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蛟龍
	Yanshan (Taiyuan)	蛟龍
	Cangnan	蛟龍
	Jingning	蛟龍
	Lishui	蛟龍
	Longyou	蛟龍
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	蛟龍
	Chaozhou	蛟龍
	Fengshun	蛟龍
Wu	Shanghai	虹, 彩虹, 鱟 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鱟
	Suzhou	鱟, 彩虹, 虹
	Wuxi	彩虹, 虹, 鱟
	Danyang	虹
	Hangzhou	鱟, 彩虹
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	鱟
	Ningbo	鱟, 虹
	Linhai	鱟
	Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	鱟
	Yuhuan (Chumen)	鱟
	Wenzhou	鱟
	Songyang (Gushi)	鱟
	Longquan	鱟
	Jinhua	鱟, 彩虹
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	熯
Xiang	Changsha	虹
	Xiangtan	虹
	Xiangxiang	虹
	Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)	彩虹
	Loudi	虹
	Shuangfeng	虹
	Hengshan	虹, 雲虹
	Hengshan (Baiguo)	斗雨
	Jiangyong	蟲
	Quanzhou	彩虹
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	虹
	Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)	虹

Derived terms

彩虹族群 (cǎihóng zúqún)

彩虹旗 (cǎihóngqí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彩虹):

→ Japanese: 彩虹(さいこう) (saikō)
→ Korean: 채홍(彩虹) (chaehong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彩	虹
さい Grade: S	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) さいこー [sàíkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠iko̞ː]

Noun

彩(さい)虹(こう) • (saikō)

colourful beautiful rainbow

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN