精幹

精幹

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	main part of something; to manage; to work main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; tree trunk; to kill (slang)
trad. (精幹)		精	幹
simp. (精干)		精	干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnggàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ gon³
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng-kàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīnggàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinggann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ kän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ gon³
    • Yale: jīng gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ gon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ gon³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkaxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kan²¹/

Adjective

精幹

1. small in number but highly trained; crack
2. keen-witted and capable

Synonyms

• (keen-witted and capable): 精悍 (jīnghàn), 幹練／干练 (gànliàn), 精壯／精壮 (jīngzhuàng)