精彩

Chinese

	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; 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): ㄐㄧㄥㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ coi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chîn-chhái

(Hailu, HRS): zin^ˋ cai^ˊ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): cheng-chhái

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ cai²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-tshe₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngcǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄘㄞˇ
  - 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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ coi²
  - Yale: jīng chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ coi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chîn-chhái
  - Hakka Romanization System: jin^ˊ cai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jin¹ cai³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sin²⁴ t͡sʰai̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zin^ˋ cai^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sin⁵³ t͡sʰai²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêng¹ cai²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng tshái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰai⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cin-tshe₅
  - MiniDict: cin^平 tshe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-tshe₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

Adjective

精彩

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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健全 (jiànquán)
完善 (wánshàn)
完美 (wánměi)
工巧 (gōngqiǎo)
工致 (gōngzhì)
幼路 (Hokkien)
精妙 (jīngmiào)
精工 (jīnggōng)
精巧 (jīngqiǎo)
精細 / 精细 (jīngxì)
精緻 / 精致 (jīngzhì)
精美 (jīngměi)
精良 (jīngliáng)
細緻 / 细致 (xìzhì)
細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì)
考究 (kǎojiu)

Antonyms

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簡陋 / 简陋 (jiǎnlòu)
粗劣 (cūliè)
粗糙 (cūcāo)
粗陋 (cūlòu)

Noun

精彩

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

“精彩”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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)