Chinese

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fine; refined exquisite; elaborate
trad. (精巧)
simp. #(精巧)

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精巧

  1. exquisite; elaborate; fine

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 精巧 (t͡siᴇŋ kʰˠauX).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(せい)(こう) (seikōせいかう (seikau)?-na (adnominal (せい)(こう) (seikō na), adverbial (せい)(こう) (seikō ni))

  1. elaborate, delicate, exquisite

Inflection

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Noun

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(せい)(こう) (seikōせいかう (seikau)?

  1. elaborateness, delicateness, exquisiteness

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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

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Hanja in this term

Root

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精巧 (jeonggyo) (hangeul 정교)

  1. hanja form? of 정교

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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精巧

  1. chữ Hán form of tinh xảo (exquisite; sophisticated; intricate; fine).

Adverb

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精巧

  1. chữ Hán form of tinh xảo (exquisitely; intricately; finely).