穎異

Chinese

		clever; gifted	different; unusual; strange
trad. (穎異)		穎	異
simp. (颖异)		颖	异

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁶ ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐngyì
    • Wade–Giles: ying³-i⁴
    • Yale: yǐng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiingyih
    • Palladius: инъи (inʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁶ ji⁶
    • Yale: wihng yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁶ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁶ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ²² jiː²²/

Adjective

穎異

1. (formal) novel; unusual
2. (formal) extremely intelligent; very smart

Synonyms

• (novel):

• 別致／别致 (biézhì)
• 新奇 (xīnqí)
• 新穎／新颖 (xīnyǐng)
• 新鮮／新鲜 (xīnxiān)
• 花花 (huāhuā) (dialectal)
• 跟尋常不同／跟寻常不同 (gēn xúncháng bùtóng)

 

• (intelligent):

• 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
• 了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
• 伶俐 (línglì)
• 奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
• 宿鬼 (Hokkien)
• 性靈／性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
• 敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
• 明慧 (mínghuì)
• 明智 (míngzhì)
• 機敏／机敏 (jīmǐn)
• 機智／机智 (jīzhì)
• 機穎／机颖 (literary)
• 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
• 機靈／机灵
• 活絡／活络 (Wu)
• 睿智 (ruìzhì)
• 精濟／精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 精靈／精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 精齊／精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
• 聰慧／聪慧 (cōnghuì)
• 聰敏／聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
• 聰明／聪明 (cōngmíng)
• 聰穎／聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
• 英明 (yīngmíng)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 靈／灵 (líng)
• 靈光／灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
• 鬼 (guǐ) (informal)