完璧

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Chinese

to finish; to be over; whole
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
 
piece of jade with hole in centre
simp. and trad.
(完璧)
Literally: “intact jade”.

Etymology

Short for 完璧歸趙完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào, “returning the jade intact to the State of Zhao”).

Pronunciation


Noun

完璧

  1. (literally) intact jade; perfect jade
  2. (figuratively) perfect person or object; perfection
  3. (figuratively) virgin

Adjective

完璧

  1. (to return something) intact; in good condition; complete
  2. flawless; perfect

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
へき > ぺき
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
完壁 (misspelling)
完ぺき

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 完璧 (MC hwan pjiek). Compare Mandarin 完璧 (wánbì).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(かん)(ぺき) (kanpekiくわんぺき (kwanpeki)?-na (adnominal (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki na), adverbial (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki ni))

  1. perfect, infallible, complete

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

(かん)(ぺき) (kanpekiくわんぺき (kwanpeki)?

  1. perfection, infallibility, completeness

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

完璧 (wanbyeok) (hangeul 완벽)

  1. hanja form? of 완벽 (perfection, flawlessness)