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精髓

精髓

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	marrow
simp. and trad. (精髓)		精	髓

Noun

精髓

essence, most significant part of something

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jīngsuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄙㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ seoi⁵
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-chhóe / cheng-chhé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīngsuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄙㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingsoei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ seoi⁵
  - Yale: jīng séuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ soey⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-chhóe / cheng-chhé
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-tshué / tsing-tshé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhoea, zengzhea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁵³/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰue⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ t͡sʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁵³/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁵³/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴¹/