掛彩

Chinese

		to hang; to put up; to suspend	(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (掛彩)		掛	彩
simp. (挂彩)		挂	彩

Etymology

Sense #2: from taboo of mentioning 血 (“blood”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàcǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ coi²
Min Nan (POJ): kòa-chhái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guàcǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahtsae
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa³ coi²
  - Yale: gwa chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua³ coi²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: kuà-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koarzhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/

Verb

掛彩

to decorate for festive occasions (with coloured silk festoons)
(euphemistic) to be wounded (and suffering from bleeding) in action

Derived terms

張燈掛彩／张灯挂彩

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