虹彩

Chinese

		rainbow	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (虹彩)		虹	彩
anagram		彩虹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngcǎi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ coi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngcǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngcǎi
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-tsʻai³
  - Yale: húng-tsǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtsae
  - Palladius: хунцай (xuncaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ coi²
  - Yale: hùhng chói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ tsoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ coi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Noun

虹彩

(anatomy, dated) iris (part of the eye)
rainbow lustre

Synonyms

(iris): 虹膜 (hóngmó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虹	彩
こう Grade: S	さい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーさい [kòósáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsa̠i]

- Homophones: 公債, 交際, 光彩, 後妻, 香菜, 校債, 高才, 高裁, 鉱滓, 鴻才, 洪才

Noun

虹(こう)彩(さい) • (kōsai)

(anatomy) an iris (part of the eye)

Synonyms

アイリス (airisu)

Derived terms

虹(こう)彩(さい)炎(えん) (kōsaien, “iritis”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
虹	彩

Noun

虹彩 • (hongchae) (hangeul 홍채)

hanja form^? of 홍채 (“iris”) (part of the eye)