虹彩

虹彩

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ coi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hóngcǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtsae
    • IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ coi²
    • Yale: hùhng chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ coi²
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːy̯³⁵/

Noun

虹彩

1. (anatomy) iris (part of the eye)
2. rainbow lustre

Synonyms

• (iris): 虹膜 (hóngmó)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) こーさい [kòósáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsa̠i]
  • Homophones: 公債, 交際, 光彩, 後妻, 香菜, 校債, 高才, 高裁, 鉱滓, 鴻才, 洪才

Noun

虹彩 (hiragana こうさい, rōmaji kōsai)

1. an iris (part of the eye)

Derived terms

• 虹 (こう)彩 (さい)炎 (えん) (kōsaien, “iritis”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
虹	彩

Noun

虹彩 • (hongchae) (hangeul 홍채)

1. Hanja form^? of 홍채 (“iris”). (part of the eye)