精光

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 精 光
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 子盈切 古黃切
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 精 光
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 精 光
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 11327 4506
Phonetic
component
生 光
Rime
group
耕 陽
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
精
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsleŋ/ /*kʷaːŋ/
Notes 灮隸變

Noun

精光

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

Adjective

精光

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