出彩

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (出彩)		出	彩
alternative forms		出采

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūcǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ coi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūcǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄘㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chucǎi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-tsʻai³
  - Yale: chū-tsǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chutsae
  - Palladius: чуцай (čucaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceot¹ coi²
  - Yale: chēut chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ coi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Verb

出彩

(opera, dated) to apply red to someone to indicate bleeding; (metonymically) to bleed
(figurative) to perform outstandingly; to give an exceptional performance
(figurative, humorous) to make a fool of oneself

Synonyms

(to make a fool of oneself):

出土 (Hokkien)
凸槌 (tūchuí) (Taiwanese Mandarin)
出洋相 (chū yángxiàng)
出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
咬破粿 (Teochew)
現眼／现眼 (xiànyǎn)
脫箠／脱棰 (Hokkien)
落屎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
落漆 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)

Derived terms

當場出彩／当场出彩

Adjective

出彩

(of a performance, play, piece of writing, etc.) outstanding; wonderful; skilful

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