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): ㄔㄨ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ coi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūcǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄘㄞˇ
    • 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

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

Synonyms

• (to make a fool of oneself):

• 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

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