佼佼
Chinese
| handsome | handsome | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (佼佼) |
佼 | 佼 | |
Pronunciation
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaau2 gaau2
- Yale: gáau gáau
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaau2 gaau2
- Guangdong Romanization: gao2 gao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːu̯³⁵ kaːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
佼佼
- (literary) outstanding; exceptional
Synonyms
- 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
- 了不得 (colloquial)
- 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
- 了勿起 (Wu)
- 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)
- 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
- 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)
Derived terms
- 佼佼者 (jiǎojiǎozhě)