菁英

Chinese

		flower of leek	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English
trad. (菁英)		菁	英
simp. (精英)		精	英

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngyīng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jing¹
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-eng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingying
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-ying¹
  - Yale: jīng-yīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinging
  - Palladius: цзинъин (czinʺin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    精英
    菁英
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zing¹ jing¹
  - Yale: jīng yīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ying¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    精英
    菁英
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-eng
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-ing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'efng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ iɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

菁英

best feature or most important part (of something); essence; quintessence
elite; cream

Synonyms

(essence):

精粹 (jīngcuì)
精英

精髓 (jīngsuǐ)
精華／精华 (jīnghuá)

(elite): (figurative) 材料 (cáiliào), (figurative) 棟樑／栋梁 (dòngliáng), 俊才 (jùncái), 人才 (réncái), (genius) 天才 (tiāncái)

Derived terms

菁英人才
菁英政治

菁英管理
菁英學校／菁英学校

Adjective

菁英

(Mainland China Hokkien) in high spirits; full of vigor
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) clear-headed; sober

Synonyms

(clear-headed):

Synonyms of 菁英

在步 (Min Nan)
沉著 (chénzhuó)
淡定 (dàndìng)
清醒 (qīngxǐng)
理智 (lǐzhì)
精英 (Min Nan)
自如 (zìrú) (literary)

自若 (zìruò) (literary)
冷靜／冷静 (lěngjìng)
從容／从容 (cóngróng)
肅清／肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)

Verb

菁英

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be good at understanding others
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wake up

Synonyms

(to be good at understanding others): 善解人意 (shànjiěrényì)
(to wake up): 睡醒 (shuìxǐng); (Cantonese) 瞓醒／𰥛醒, 瞓醒覺／𰥛醒觉; (Min Nan) 睏醒／困醒, 精神

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