精英

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (精英)		精	英
simp. #(精英)		精	英
alternative forms		菁英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ jing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-eng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingying
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-ying¹
    • Yale: jīng-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinging
    • Palladius: цзинъин (czinʺin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹ jing¹
    • Yale: jīng yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-eng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeng'efng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

精英

1. best feature or most important part (of something); essence; quintessence
2. elite; cream

Synonyms

• (essence):

• 精粹 (jīngcuì)
• 精髓 (jīngsuǐ)
• 菁英 (jīngyīng)
• 菁華／菁华 (jīnghuá)

 

• (elite): (figurative) 材料 (cáiliào), (figurative) 棟樑／栋梁 (dòngliáng), 俊才 (jùncái), 人才 (réncái), (genius) 天才 (tiāncái)

Derived terms

• 精英人才
• 精英學校／精英学校 (jīngyīng xuéxiào)
• 精英政治 (jīngyīng zhèngzhì)
• 精英管理 (jīngyīng guǎnlǐ)

 

Adjective

精英

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) in high spirits; full of vigor
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) clear-headed; sober

Synonyms

• (clear-headed):

• 冷靜／冷静 (lěngjìng)
• 在步 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 從容／从容
• 沉著 (chénzhuó)
• 淡定 (dàndìng)
• 清醒 (qīngxǐng)
• 理智 (lǐzhì)
• 肅清／肃清 (sùqīng) (archaic)
• 自如 (zìrú) (literary)
• 自若 (zìruò) (literary)
• 鎮定／镇定 (zhèndìng)
• 鎮靜／镇静 (zhènjìng)

 

Verb

精英

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be good at understanding others
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wake up

Synonyms

• (to be good at understanding others): 善解人意 (shànjiěrényì)
• (to wake up): 睡醒 (shuìxǐng); (Cantonese) 瞓醒／𰥛醒, 瞓醒覺／𰥛醒觉; (Hokkien) 睏醒／困醒, 精神