絢麗多彩

Chinese

		gorgeously vivid; florid	colourful; magnificent; flamboyant
trad. (絢麗多彩)		絢麗	多彩
simp. (绚丽多彩)		绚丽	多彩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuànlìduōcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³ lai⁶ do¹ coi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuànlìduōcǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuànlìduocǎi
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴-li⁴-to¹-tsʻai³
    • Yale: sywàn-lì-dwō-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuannlihduotsae
    • Palladius: сюаньлидоцай (sjuanʹlidocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun³ lai⁶ do¹ coi²
    • Yale: hyun laih dō chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³ lai⁶ do¹ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³ lei⁶ do¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³ lɐi̯²² tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Idiom

絢麗多彩

1. bright and colorful; gorgeous
   • 2004 December 9, Xu Wei (lyrics and music), “旅行 [lǚxíng, Journey]”, in 每一刻都是嶄新的 [Every Moment Is Completely New], performed by Xu Wei:

     誰畫出這天地　又畫下我和你　讓我們的世界絢麗多彩 [MSC, trad.]
     谁画出这天地　又画下我和你　让我们的世界绚丽多彩 [MSC, simp.]

     Shéi huàchū zhè tiāndì, Yòu huàxià wǒ hé nǐ, Ràng wǒmen de shìjiè xuànlìduōcǎi [Pinyin]

     Who drew this sky and this ground / Then drew you and me / Made our world gorgeous and colourful

2. (figurative) wonderful; brilliant; impressive; magnificent