拔萃

Chinese

		pull up; pull out; select pull up; pull out; select; promote	collect; collection; dense collect; collection; dense; grassy; thick; assemble; gather
trad. (拔萃)		拔	萃
simp. #(拔萃)		拔	萃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bácuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˊ ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat⁶ seoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poa̍t-chhūi / poa̍t-chūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bácuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˊ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bácuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pa²-tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: bá-tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bartsuey
    • Palladius: бацуй (bacuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä³⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat⁶ seoi⁶
    • Yale: baht seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁹ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed⁶ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚² sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-chhūi
    • Tâi-lô: pua̍t-tshuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poadzhui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puat̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poa̍t-chūi
    • Tâi-lô: pua̍t-tsuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poadzui
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui²²/

Verb

拔萃

1. (literary) to stand out from one's fellows; to be outstanding

Derived terms

• 出群拔萃
• 出類拔萃／出类拔萃 (chūlèibácuì)
• 拔萃出群
• 拔萃出類／拔萃出类

 

Noun

拔萃

1. (historical) traditional high-level examination for official candidacy