Chinese

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energy; perfect; excellent
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
light; ray; bright
trad. (精光)
simp. #(精光)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (13) (28)
Final () (121) (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter tsjeng kwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siᴇŋ/ /kwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɛŋ/ /kʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡siæŋ/ /kuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡siajŋ/ /kwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡siɛŋ/ /kuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭɛŋ/ /kuɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si̯ɛŋ/ /kwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng guāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing1 gwong1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīng guāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsjeng › ‹ kwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*tseŋ/ /*kʷˁaŋ/
English fine rice; pure light, brightness

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 11327 4506
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsleŋ/ /*kʷaːŋ/
Notes

Noun

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精光

  1. radiance, glory
  2. majestic thought
  3. expression, spirit
  4. luster
  5. radiance in eye

Adjective

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精光

  1. bright and shiny
  2. nothing left (money, food etc)​, all finished
  3. (Southern Min) astute