皦皦

Chinese

		sparkling; bright	sparkling; bright
simp. and trad. (皦皦)		皦	皦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎojiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): giu² giu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo [Phonetic: jiáojiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chiao³-chiao³
  - Yale: jyǎu-jyǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujeau
  - Palladius: цзяоцзяо (czjaoczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: giu² giu²
  - Yale: gíu gíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: giu² giu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: giu² giu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːu̯³⁵ kiːu̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kewX kewX

Rime
Character	皦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古了切
Baxter	kewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/keu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/keu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛw^X/
Li Rong	/keu^X/
Wang Li	/kieu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu²

Adjective

皦皦

(literary) bright and white; clear
(literary) clean
(literary) Synonym of 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo, “outstanding”)

Synonyms

(bright and white):

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亮堂 (liàngtáng)
光亮 (guāngliàng)
光明 (guāngmíng)
光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
明亮 (míngliàng)
明朗 (mínglǎng)
晶亮 (jīngliàng)
晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
皓 (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

(clean): 潔白／洁白 (jiébái)
(outstanding):

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異／特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)