掛彩

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (掛彩)		掛	彩
simp. (挂彩)		挂	彩

Etymology

Sense #2: from taboo of mentioning 血 (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guàcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ coi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòa-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guàcǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guàcǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kua⁴-tsʻai³
    • Yale: gwà-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahtsae
    • Palladius: гуацай (guacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³ coi²
    • Yale: gwa chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua³ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: kuà-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koarzhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai⁴¹/

Verb

掛彩

1. to decorate for festive occasions with coloured silk festoons
2. (euphemistic) to be wounded (and suffering from bleeding) in action

Synonyms

• (to be wounded):

• 受傷／受伤 (shòushāng)
• 掛花／挂花 (guàhuā) (literary, euphemistic)
• 著傷／着伤 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 負傷／负伤 (fùshāng)

 

Derived terms

• 張燈掛彩／张灯挂彩