皦皦

Chinese

		sparkling; bright	sparkling; bright
simp. and trad. (皦皦)		皦	皦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎojiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): giu² giu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo [Phonetic: jiáojiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-chiao³
  - Yale: jyǎu-jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujeau
  - Palladius: цзяоцзяо (czjaoczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: giu² giu²
  - Yale: gíu gíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: giu² giu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: giu² giu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵ kiːu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kewX kewX

Rime
Character	皦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	見み (28)
Final (韻いん)	蕭しょう (93)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	IV
Fanqie	古ふる了りょう切きり
Baxter	kewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/keu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/keu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw^X/
Li Rong	/keu^X/
Wang Li	/kieu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu²

Adjective

皦皦

(literary) bright and white; clear
(literary) clean
(literary) Synonym of 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo, “outstanding”)

Synonyms

(bright and white):

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亮あきら堂どう (liàngtáng)
光ひかり亮あきら (guāngliàng)
光明こうみょう (guāngmíng)
光線こうせん充足じゅうそく／光ひかり线充足じゅうそく (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
明あきら亮あきら (míngliàng)
明朗めいろう (mínglǎng)
晶あきら亮あきら (jīngliàng)
晴朗せいろう (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
清せい朗あきら (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
皓あきら (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
皓あきら旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

(clean): 潔白けっぱく／洁白 (jiébái)
(outstanding):

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不ふ得とく了りょう (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了りょう不ふ得とく (colloquial)
了りょう不ふ起おこり (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了りょう勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊しゅん偉えら／俊しゅん伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大いだい／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出けっしゅつ／杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優ゆう異こと／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀ゆうしゅう／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越ゆうえつ／优越 (yōuyuè)
出で挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出で擢 (Hokkien)
出で眾／出で众 (chūzhòng)
出で腳／出で脚あし (Hokkien)
出色しゅっしょく (chūsè)
勢いきおい面めん／势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了りょう (Wu)
卓然たくぜん (zhuórán) (literary)
卓たく犖／卓たく荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓たく異こと／卓たく异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓たく著ちょ (zhuózhù)
卓越たくえつ (zhuóyuè)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好こう極きょく了りょう／好こう极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤ゆう異こと／尤ゆう异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰あきら顯あきら／彰あきら显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡あく實み／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打だ得とく (Hakka)
挺てい (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒ぼう (bàng) (colloquial)
標しめぎ青あお／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛うし (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛うし鬼おに (Guilin Mandarin)
特出とくしゅつ (tèchū)
特異とくい／特とく异 (tèyì)
犀利さいり (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
看み家か (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出とっしゅつ (tūchū)
英えい英えい (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋ぶた帽ぼう／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表ひょう表ひょう (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡ちょうぼん (chāofán)
超ちょう卓たく (chāozhuó) (literary)
超ちょう常つね (chāocháng)
超ちょう拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕ちょうぜつ／超ちょう绝 (chāojué)
非凡ひぼん (fēifán)
響ひびき噹噹／响当当とう (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著けんちょ／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高こう強つよし／高こう强つよし (gāoqiáng)