精誠

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See also: 精诚

Chinese

energy; perfect; excellent
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
 honest; sincere; true
trad. (精誠) 精 誠
simp. (精诚) 精 诚

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 精 誠
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 子盈切 是征切
Baxter tsjeng dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇŋ/ /d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛŋ/ /d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡siæŋ/ /d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siajŋ/ /d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛŋ/ /ʑiɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛŋ/ /ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛŋ/ /ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jīng chéng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zing1 sing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 精 誠
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīng chéng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsjeng › ‹ dzyeng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tseŋ/ /*eŋ/
English fine rice; pure sincere

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 誠
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 11327 1419
Phonetic
component 		生 成
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		精 成
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsleŋ/ /*djeŋ/

Noun

精誠

  1. (literary) absolute sincerity; good faith
    大醫精誠／大医精诚  ―  dàyī jīngchéng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (精誠):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精 誠
せい
Grade: 5 		せい
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
精 誠
せい
Grade: 5 		せい
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

In the second, less common pronunciation, the sei changes to zei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

精(せい)誠(せい) or 精誠(せいぜい) • (seisei or seizei) 

  1. absolute sincerity; good faith

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
精誠

Noun

精誠 • (jeongseong) (hangeul 정성)

  1. hanja form? of 정성

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
精誠

Noun

精誠

  1. chữ Hán form of tinh thành.
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