# 翡翠
## Chinese

* 翡翠

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fěicuì
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fei$^2$ ceoi$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fí-chhui / fi-chhui
* Eastern Min (BUC): hói-chói
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): húi-chhùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^1$ cui$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$fi-tshoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fěicuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˇ ㄘㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fěicuèi
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^3$-tsʻui$^4$
*** Yale: fěi-tswèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feeitsuey
*** Palladius: фэйцуй (fɛjcuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^2$ ceoi$^3$
*** Yale: féi cheui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^2$ tsoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^2$ cêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fí-chhui / fi-chhui
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˋ$ cui / fi cui
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^3$ cui$^4$ / fi$^4$ cui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi³¹ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/, /fi⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hói-chói
*** Sinological IPA : /hui²¹³⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒui²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi-chhùi
*** Tâi-lô: huí-tshuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huyzhuix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^1$ cui$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui tshùi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³⁻²³ t͡sʰui²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$fi-tshoe
*** MiniDict: fi$^去$ tshoe
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$fi-tshoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fi³³ t͡sʰø⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: bj+jH tshwijH
Rime :
| Character | 翡 | 翠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 扶沸切 | 七醉切 |
| Baxter | bj+jH | tshwijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉi$^H$/ | /t͡sʰiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɨi$^H$/ | /t͡sʰʷi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuəi$^H$/ | /t͡sʰjuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buj$^H$/ | /t͡sʰwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuəi$^H$/ | /t͡sʰui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwəi$^H$/ | /t͡sʰwi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱwe̯i$^H$/ | /t͡sʰwi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fèi | cuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^6$ | ceoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯls sʰuds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 翡 | 翠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3113 | 17944 |
| Phonetic component | 非 | 卒 |
| Rime group | 微 | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𥝋 | 翠 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯls/ | /*sʰuds/ |
| Notes | 沸原由涕校改 | |

### Noun

翡翠
* jadeite
    緬甸盛產翡翠。／缅甸盛产翡翠。 ― Miǎndiàn shèngchǎn fěicuì. ― Jadeite is abundant in Myanmar.
* kingfisher, especially halcyon

#### Synonyms

* (kingfisher):
* 翠鳥 / 翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
* 魚狗 / 鱼狗 (yúgǒu)
* 魚虎 / 鱼虎 (yúhǔ)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 翠, 翡, 翡翠 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 翠鳥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 翠鳥, 魚狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 翠雀, 釣魚郎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 釣魚郎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 翠翠鳥 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 翠仔, 官翠仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 羊牯翠 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 官翠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 官翠 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 翠鳥 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 青翠 |
| Hakka | Changting | 翠哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 沙鰍鑽 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 翠鳥 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 翠子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 翠子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 翠子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 取子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 翡翠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 翡翠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 翡翠 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 翡翠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 翡翠 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 翡翠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 翠毛鳥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 釣魚翁 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 釣魚翁 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 釣魚翁 GT |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅鳥 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 釘魚鳥 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 釘魚鳥 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 釘魚鳥, 釘魚獅 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 釣魚公 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 青翠, 翠花鳥 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Proper noun

翡翠
* a surname, Feicui

### Derived terms

* 翡翠水庫 / 翡翠水库
* 翡翠蘭苕 / 翡翠兰苕
* 翡翠衾
* 翡翠貽貝 / 翡翠贻贝 (fěicuìyíbèi)
* 赤翡翠

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 翡(ひ)翠(すい) (hisui)
* → Korean: 비취(翡翠) (bichwi)
* → Vietnamese: phỉ thúy (翡翠), phỉ thuý (翡翠)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 翡 | 翠 |
| ひ Hyōgai | すい Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
From Chinese 翡翠 (fěicuì).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひすい [hìsúí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çi̥sɨi]
* (Tokyo) ひすい [híꜜsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [çisɨi]

#### Noun

翡(ひ)翠(すい) • (hisui)
* jade (gem)

##### Derived terms

* 翡(ひ)翠色(すいいろ) (hisuīro)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 翡 | 翠 |
| かわせみ ||
| Hyōgai | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun ||
The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 翡翠 (fěicuì).

#### Noun

翡翠(かわせみ) • (kawasemi)
* Alternative spelling of 川蝉 (kawsemi, “common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis”)

##### Derived terms

* 笑翡翠(ワライカワセミ) (waraikawasemi)

## Korean
### Noun

翡翠 • (bichwi) (hangeul 비취)
* hanja form of 비취 (“jade”)