"脆" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰui²¹³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰui⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰui¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰui²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰə⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰe¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰe²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰe⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Philippines], /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/, /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/, /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/, /t͡sʰui²¹³/, /t͡sʰui⁴¹/, /t͡sʰui¹¹/, /t͡sʰui²¹/, /t͡sʰə⁴¹/, /t͡sʰe¹¹/, /t͡sʰe²¹/, /t͡sʰe⁴¹/, /t͡sʰø³⁴/, /t͡sʰe³⁴/, /t͡sʰue³⁴/ Chinese transliterations: cuì [Mandarin, Pinyin], cui⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄨㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ceoi³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chhe [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], chhoi [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], coi⁴ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], chuói, chhùi, chhèr, chhè, ⁵tshoe; ⁵tshe; ⁵tshue, cuì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], cuèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsʻui⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tswèi [Mandarin, Yale], tsuey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цуй [Mandarin, Palladius], cuj [Mandarin, Palladius], cheui [Cantonese, Yale], tsoey³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cêu³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chhe [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], chhoi [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ce [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], coi [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ce⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], coi⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], chuói [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], chhùi [Hokkien, POJ], tshuì [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhuix [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], chhèr [Hokkien, POJ], tshèr [Hokkien, Tai-lo], chhè [Hokkien, POJ], tshè [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhex [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁵tshoe; ⁵tshe; ⁵tshue [Wu], tshoe^去; tshe^去; tshue^去 [Wu], ²tshoe; ²tshe; ²tshue [Wu], /t͡sʰø³⁴/ [Wu], /t͡sʰe³⁴/ [Wu], /t͡sʰue³⁴/ [Wu], tshjwejH [Middle-Chinese], /*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*sʰods/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Originally 脃. Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|*脃}} 脃, {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *sʰods}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods), {{m|zh|⺼//||meat|tr=-}} ⺼ (“meat”), {{m|zh|絕//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *zod</span>}} 絕 (OC *zod), {{Han compound|⺼|絕|abb2=y|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=meat}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 脆
  1. brittle; fragile
    Sense id: en-脆-zh-character-TwIFkky1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 59 6 0 35 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 80 5 0 16
  2. (of food) crisp; crispy
    Sense id: en-脆-zh-character-9WF8R1i3
  3. (of voices) clear; crisp
    Sense id: en-脆-zh-character-HzOVZxKS
  4. (of speech or action) neat; quick; concise
    Sense id: en-脆-zh-character-kEpzdukL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: , 亮堂 (liàngtáng), 嘹亮 (liáoliàng), 宏亮 (hóngliàng), 昂揚 (ángyáng), 昂扬 (ángyáng), 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng), 洪亮 (hóngliàng), 清亮, 琅琅 (lángláng), 豁亮 (huòliàng), (xiǎng), (xiǎng), 響亮 (xiǎngliàng), 响亮 (xiǎngliàng), 高亢 (gāokàng), 高昂 (gāo'áng) Derived forms: 乾脆 (gāncuì), 干脆 (gāncuì), 乾脆爽快, 干脆爽快, 浮脆, 清脆 (qīngcuì), 爽脆 (shuǎngcuì), 甘脆 (gāncuì), 脆促, 脆弱 (cuìruò), 脆快, 脆快了當, 脆快了当, 脆怯, 脆性 (cuìxìng), 脆生, 脆薄, 脆餅, 脆饼, 脆骨 (cuìgǔ), 薄脆, 輕脆, 轻脆, 迸脆, 香脆, 鬆脆 (sōngcuì), 松脆 (sōngcuì)

Alternative forms

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rèn",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “fragile”",
      "word": "韌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rèn",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “fragile”",
      "word": "韧"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāncuì",
      "word": "乾脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāncuì",
      "word": "干脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "乾脆爽快"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "干脆爽快"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "浮脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qīngcuì",
      "word": "清脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuǎngcuì",
      "word": "爽脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāncuì",
      "word": "甘脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆促"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cuìruò",
      "word": "脆弱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆快"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆快了當"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆快了当"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆怯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cuìxìng",
      "word": "脆性"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆餅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "脆饼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cuìgǔ",
      "word": "脆骨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "薄脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "輕脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "轻脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "迸脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "香脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sōngcuì",
      "word": "鬆脆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sōngcuì",
      "word": "松脆"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*脃"
      },
      "expansion": "脃",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *sʰods"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "⺼//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "meat",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "⺼ (“meat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "絕//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *zod</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "絕 (OC *zod)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "⺼",
        "2": "絕",
        "abb2": "y",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "meat"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally 脃. Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "脆",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 6 0 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 5 0 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brittle; fragile"
      ],
      "id": "en-脆-zh-character-TwIFkky1",
      "links": [
        [
          "brittle",
          "brittle"
        ],
        [
          "fragile",
          "fragile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "脆皮燒肉/脆皮烧肉 ― cuì pí shāoròu ― siu yuk with crispy skin",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crisp; crispy"
      ],
      "id": "en-脆-zh-character-9WF8R1i3",
      "links": [
        [
          "crisp",
          "crisp"
        ],
        [
          "crispy",
          "crispy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of food) crisp; crispy"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "clear and crisp",
          "roman": "qīngcuì",
          "text": "清脆",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clear; crisp"
      ],
      "id": "en-脆-zh-character-HzOVZxKS",
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "crisp",
          "crisp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of voices) clear; crisp"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of voices"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "neat; quick; concise"
      ],
      "id": "en-脆-zh-character-kEpzdukL",
      "links": [
        [
          "neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "concise",
          "concise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of speech or action) neat; quick; concise"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of speech or action"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ceoi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhoi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chuói"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhùi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhèr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhè"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshoe; ⁵tshe; ⁵tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻui⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tswèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cheui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoey³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cêu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhoi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ce"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ce⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuói"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhùi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuix"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhèr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshèr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰə⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhex"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshoe; ⁵tshe; ⁵tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshoe^去; tshe^去; tshue^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²tshoe; ²tshe; ²tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰø³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰue³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshjwejH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰods/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ chhèr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰə⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰø³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰue³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[tsʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[t]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰods/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liàngtáng",
      "word": "亮堂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "liáoliàng",
      "word": "嘹亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hóngliàng",
      "word": "宏亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ángyáng",
      "word": "昂揚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ángyáng",
      "word": "昂扬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎnglǎng",
      "word": "朗朗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hóngliàng",
      "word": "洪亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "清亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lángláng",
      "word": "琅琅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huòliàng",
      "word": "豁亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎng",
      "word": "響"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎng",
      "word": "响"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎngliàng",
      "word": "響亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiǎngliàng",
      "word": "响亮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāokàng",
      "word": "高亢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gāo'áng",
      "word": "高昂"
    }
  ],
  "word": "脆"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rèn",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “fragile”",
      "word": "韌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rèn",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “fragile”",
      "word": "韧"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Advanced Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "gāncuì",
      "word": "乾脆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāncuì",
      "word": "干脆"
    },
    {
      "word": "乾脆爽快"
    },
    {
      "word": "干脆爽快"
    },
    {
      "word": "浮脆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngcuì",
      "word": "清脆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuǎngcuì",
      "word": "爽脆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāncuì",
      "word": "甘脆"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆促"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuìruò",
      "word": "脆弱"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆快"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆快了當"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆快了当"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆怯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuìxìng",
      "word": "脆性"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆生"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆薄"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆餅"
    },
    {
      "word": "脆饼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuìgǔ",
      "word": "脆骨"
    },
    {
      "word": "薄脆"
    },
    {
      "word": "輕脆"
    },
    {
      "word": "轻脆"
    },
    {
      "word": "迸脆"
    },
    {
      "word": "香脆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōngcuì",
      "word": "鬆脆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sōngcuì",
      "word": "松脆"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*脃"
      },
      "expansion": "脃",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *sʰods"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "⺼//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "meat",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "⺼ (“meat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "絕//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *zod</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "絕 (OC *zod)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "⺼",
        "2": "絕",
        "abb2": "y",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "meat"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally 脃. Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "脆",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brittle; fragile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brittle",
          "brittle"
        ],
        [
          "fragile",
          "fragile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "脆皮燒肉/脆皮烧肉 ― cuì pí shāoròu ― siu yuk with crispy skin",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crisp; crispy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crisp",
          "crisp"
        ],
        [
          "crispy",
          "crispy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of food) crisp; crispy"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of food"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "clear and crisp",
          "roman": "qīngcuì",
          "text": "清脆",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clear; crisp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "crisp",
          "crisp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of voices) clear; crisp"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of voices"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "neat; quick; concise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "neat",
          "neat"
        ],
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "concise",
          "concise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of speech or action) neat; quick; concise"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of speech or action"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ceoi³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhoi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chuói"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhùi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhèr"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "chhè"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshoe; ⁵tshe; ⁵tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻui⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tswèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cheui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoey³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cêu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhoi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ce"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ce⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "coi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chuói"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhùi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshuì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuix"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhèr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshèr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰə⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhex"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshoe; ⁵tshe; ⁵tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshoe^去; tshe^去; tshue^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²tshoe; ²tshe; ²tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰø³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰue³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshjwejH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰods/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ chhèr /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰoɪ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰə⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰø³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰe³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰue³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[tsʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[t]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰods/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "亮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liàngtáng",
      "word": "亮堂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liáoliàng",
      "word": "嘹亮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóngliàng",
      "word": "宏亮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ángyáng",
      "word": "昂揚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ángyáng",
      "word": "昂扬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎnglǎng",
      "word": "朗朗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóngliàng",
      "word": "洪亮"
    },
    {
      "word": "清亮"
    },
    {
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.