Chinese

精彩

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
brilliant; splendid; outstanding; exquisite; amazing
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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Origin

Attestable since at least the Tang dynasty.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • characterChinese精 “essence; concentrate; extract”
    • meaningChinese米 “hulled or husked uncooked rice (Classifier: 粒 m c mn; 顆／颗 m)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese彩 “variegated colors; rich and bright colors”
    • soundChinese采 “to pick; to pluck; to gather; to collect”
      • componentChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
      • componentChinese果 “fruit”
      • componentChinese木 “tree; woody plant”
    • meaningChinese彡 “hair”

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