欽差

Chinese

		royal	differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake
trad. (欽差)		欽	差
simp. (钦差)		钦	差

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnchāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄔㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ caai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khim-chhe / khim-chhee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnchāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄔㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinchai
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-chʻai¹
    • Yale: chīn-chāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinchai
    • Palladius: циньчай (cinʹčaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ caai¹
    • Yale: yām chāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ cai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khim-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: khim-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qimzhef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim³³ t͡sʰe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khim-chhee
    • Tâi-lô: khim-tshee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

欽差

1. imperial envoy; imperial commissioner

Derived terms

• 欽差大臣／钦差大臣 (qīnchāidàchén)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (欽差):

• → Vietnamese: khâm sai (欽差)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
欽	差

Noun

欽差

1. (historical) chữ Hán form of khâm sai (“imperial envoy”).