翡翠

翡翠

Chinese

		green jade; kingfisher	bluish-green; green jade
simp. and trad. (翡翠)		翡	翠

Chinese jadeite buttons.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěicuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei² ceoi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fí-chhui / fi-chhui
• Min Dong (BUC): hói-chói
• Min Nan (POJ): húi-chhùi
• Wu (Wiktionary): fi tshoe (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fěicuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeitsuey
    • IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei² ceoi³
    • Yale: féi cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei² tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi² cêu³
    • IPA ^(key): /fei̯³⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fí-chhui / fi-chhui
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi` cui / fi cui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi³ cui⁴ / fi⁴ cui⁴
    • IPA: /fi³¹ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/, /fi⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hói-chói
    • IPA ^(key): /huoi²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuɔi²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: huí-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huyzhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: fi tshoe (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /fi³³ t͡sʰø⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /bʉi^H  t͡sʰiuɪ^H/▼

Rime
Character	翡	翠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	扶沸切	七醉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉiH/	/t͡sʰiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɨiH/	/t͡sʰʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuəiH/	/t͡sʰjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bujH/	/t͡sʰwiH/
Li Rong	/biuəiH/	/t͡sʰuiH/
Wang Li	/bĭwəiH/	/t͡sʰwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱwe̯iH/	/t͡sʰwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèi	cuì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯls  sʰuds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翡	翠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3113	17944
Phonetic component	非	卒
Rime group	微	隊
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	𥝋	翠
Old Chinese	/*bɯls/	/*sʰuds/
Notes	沸原由涕校改

Noun

翡翠

1. jadeite
2. kingfisher

Synonyms

• (kingfisher):

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翠鳥／翠鸟 (cuìniǎo) 翡 (fěi) (literary) 釣魚翁／钓鱼翁 (Min Nan)

釣魚郎／钓鱼郎 (diàoyúláng) 魚狗／鱼狗 (yúgǒu) 魚虎／鱼虎 (yúhǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翡翠):

• → Japanese: 翡翠 (ひすい) (hisui)
• → Korean: 비취 (翡翠, bichwi)
• → Vietnamese: phỉ thúy (翡翠), phỉ thuý (翡翠)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
翡	翠
ひ Hyōgaiji	すい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Chinese 翡翠

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひすい [hìsúí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [çi̥sɨᵝi]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひ​すい [híꜜsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [çisɨᵝi]

Noun

翡翠 (hiragana ひすい, rōmaji hisui)

1. jade (gem)

Compounds

• 翡翠色 (ひすいいろ) (hisuīro)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
翡	翠
Hyōgaiji	Jinmeiyō
Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 翡翠

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) かわせみ [kàwásémí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠se̞mʲi]

Noun

翡翠 (hiragana かわせみ, katakana カワセミ, rōmaji kawasemi, historical hiragana かはせみ, historical katakana カハセミ)

1. Alternative spelling of 川蝉 (“common kingfisher”)