掛彩

Chinese

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

Etymology

to be wounded in action: in order to avoid mentioning 血 (“blood”) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàcǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³ coi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòa-chhái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàcǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄘㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàcǎi
  - Wade–Giles: kua⁴-tsʻai³
  - Yale: gwà-tsǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guahtsae
  - Palladius: гуацай (guacaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa³ coi²
  - Yale: gwa chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³ tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua³ coi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: kuà-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koarzhae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai⁴¹/

Verb

掛⫽彩 (verb-object)

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

Synonyms

(to be wounded):

受傷 / 受伤 (shòushāng)
掛花 / 挂花 (guàhuā) (literary, euphemistic)
著傷 / 着伤 (Hokkien, Teochew)
負傷 / 负伤 (fùshāng)

Derived terms

張燈掛彩 / 张灯挂彩