英えい英えい

Chinese

		flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (英えい英えい)		英えい	英えい
simp. #(英えい英えい)		英えい	英えい

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingying
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-ying¹
    • Yale: yīng-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inging
    • Palladius: инъин (inʺin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jaeng 'jaeng

Rime
Character	英えい
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	影かげ (34)
Final (韻いん)	庚かのえ (111)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	於驚おどろき切きり
Baxter	'jaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing1

Adjective

英えい英えい

1. (literary) brilliant (clouds, family)
2. (literary) resounding (voice)
3. (literary) outstanding; eminent; remarkable; brilliant

Synonyms

• (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)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 看み家か (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
• 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出とっしゅつ (tūchū)
• 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)