精光

精光

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (精光)		精	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ gwong¹
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīngguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingguang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingguang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kwɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: jīng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇŋ  kwɑŋ/▼

Rime
Character	精	光
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	子盈切	古黃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇŋ/	/kwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛŋ/	/kʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæŋ/	/kuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajŋ/	/kwaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛŋ/	/kuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛŋ/	/kuɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛŋ/	/kwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	guāng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tseŋ  kʷˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleŋ  kʷaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	精	光
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng	guāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjeng ›	‹ kwang ›
Old Chinese	/*tseŋ/	/*kʷˁaŋ/
English	fine rice; pure	light, brightness
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	光
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	11327	4506
Phonetic component	生	光
Rime group	耕	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	精
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleŋ/	/*kʷaːŋ/
Notes		灮隸變

Noun

精光

1. radiance, glory
2. majestic thought
3. expression, spirit
4. luster
5. radiance in eye

Adjective

精光

1. bright and shiny
2. nothing left (money, food etc)​, all finished
3. (Min Nan) astute