# 凊彩
## Chinese
### Etymology

Uncertain. Here are a few possibilities:
* 凊彩: From 凊 (“cold”) + 彩 (“good”) — “not good enough” > “cannot choose”.
* 靘彩: literally “dark or colourful” — it doesn't matter which you choose.
Folk etymologists often claim 請裁, shortened from 請汝裁決 (“please decide”). This is phonologically unlikely.

### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing$^4$ cai$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-chhái / khìn-chhái
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cing$^3$ cai$^2$ / cêng$^3$ cai$^2$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cing$^4$ cai$^3$ [Phonetic: cing$^1$ cai$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cing$^4$ cai$^3$ [Phonetic: cing$^1$ cai$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-chhái
*** Tâi-lô: tshìn-tshái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chienzhae
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁴² t͡sʰai⁴²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khìn-chhái
*** Tâi-lô: khìn-tshái
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qienzhae
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰai⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cing$^3$ cai$^2$ / cêng$^3$ cai$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshìng tshái / tshèng tshái
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁵²/, /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁵²⁻²¹/

### Adjective

凊彩
* (Hokkien, Puxian Min) any; whichever
* (Hokkien, Puxian Min) casual; easygoing
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) careless; irresponsible

### Adverb

凊彩
* (Southern Min, Puxian Min) casually; informally

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 隨便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 隨便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 隨便 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 隨便 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 隨便 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 隨便, 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 隨便, 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 求其 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 求其 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 求其, 是但 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 求其, 是但 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 是但, 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 隨便, 是但, 求其 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 是但 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 隨便 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 隨便 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 隨便 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 儘採 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 儘採 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 隨便 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 隨便 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 亂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 亂, 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 亂, 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 亂, 凊彩 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 凊彩 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 是但, 求其 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 是但 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 隨便 |
| Wu | Danyang | 隨便 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 隨便 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 隨便 |

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 千猜 (cin1 caai1)
* → Indonesian: cincai
* → Malay: cincai, cingcai

### Verb

凊彩
* (Teochew) to forgive

### References

* “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
* 劉建仁 (2011 January 21) “襯採•靘彩（ts‘inʟ-ts‘aiˋ）──隨便”, in 台灣話的語源與理據 (in Chinese), retrieved 2016-10-12
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “凊采”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 99.