精彩

精彩

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (精彩)		精	彩
simp. #(精彩)		精	彩
alternative forms		精采

Etymology

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ coi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chîn-chhái
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chhái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ cai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngcǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingcǎi
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-tsʻai³
    • Yale: jīng-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtsae
    • Palladius: цзинцай (czincaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ coi²
    • Yale: jīng chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: jin´ cai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ cai³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕin²⁴ t͡sʰai̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵²/

Adjective

精彩

1. brilliant; splendid; outstanding; exquisite; amazing

   演得精彩  ―  yǎn de jīngcǎi  ―  to perform brilliantly

   活得精不精彩，在於你會不會做人。 [MSC, trad.]
   活得精不精彩，在于你会不会做人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huó de jīng bù jīngcǎi, zàiyú nǐ huì bù huì zuòrén. [Pinyin]

   Whether you can live an amazing life or not depends on whether you can conduct yourself with integrity.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 精彩

健全 (jiànquán) 完善 (wánshàn) 完美 (wánměi) 工巧 (gōngqiǎo) 工致 (gōngzhì) 幼路 (Min Nan) 精妙 (jīngmiào) 精工 (jīnggōng)

精巧 (jīngqiǎo) 精美 (jīngměi) 精良 (jīngliáng) 考究 (kǎojiu) 精細／精细 (jīngxì) 精緻／精致 (jīngzhì) 細緻／细致 (xìzhì) 細膩／细腻 (xìnì)

Antonyms

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缺 (quē)

Noun

精彩

1. amazing things; brilliance

   掃一掃，發現更多精彩。 [MSC, trad.]
   扫一扫，发现更多精彩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Sǎo yī sǎo, fāxiàn gèng duō jīngcǎi. [Pinyin]

   Scan to discover more amazing things.

References

• “Entry #50858”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	彩
せい Grade: 5	さい Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 生彩

Noun

精(せい)彩(さい) • (seisai) 

1. brilliance, luster, colorfulness
2. vividness