犀利
Chinese
editrhinoceros | advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp | ||
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simp. and trad. (犀利) |
犀 | 利 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sai1 lei6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-lī
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shi-li
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: silì
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-li4
- Yale: syī-lì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilih
- Palladius: сили (sili)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sai1 lei6
- Yale: sāi leih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 lei6
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1 léi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ lei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- Wu
Adjective
edit犀利
- (of a blade) sharp; sharp-edged; keen
- (figurative, of eyes, opinions, writing) sharp; incisive; trenchant; caustic
- (figurative, Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin) surprisingly impressive; amazing
Synonyms
edit- (sharp-edged):
- (incisive):
- (amazing):
- 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
- 了不得 (colloquial)
- 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
- 了勿起 (Wu)
- 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
- 俊偉/俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
- 偉大/伟大 (wěidà)
- 傑出/杰出 (jiéchū)
- 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
- 優異/优异 (yōuyì)
- 優秀/优秀 (yōuxiù)
- 優越/优越 (yōuyuè)
- 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 出擢 (Hokkien)
- 出眾/出众 (chūzhòng)
- 出腳/出脚 (Hokkien)
- 出色 (chūsè)
- 勢面/势面 (Hokkien)
- 勿得了 (Wu)
- 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
- 卓犖/卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
- 卓異/卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
- 卓著 (zhuózhù)
- 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
- 厲害/厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
- 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 好極了/好极了 (hǎo jíle)
- 尤異/尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
- 崢嶸/峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
- 彰顯/彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
- 惡實/恶实 (o5 shr6) (Xiang, used as a complement)
- 打得 (Hakka)
- 挺 (tǐng)
- 斐然 (fěirán)
- 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
- 標青/标青 (biu1 ceng1) (Cantonese, Teochew)
- 漂亮
- 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
- 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
- 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
- 特出 (tèchū)
- 特異/特异 (tèyì)
- 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
- 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
- 穩/稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
- 突出 (tūchū)
- 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
- 蓋帽/盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
- 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
- 超凡 (chāofán)
- 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
- 超常 (chāocháng)
- 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
- 超絕/超绝 (chāojué)
- 非凡 (fēifán)
- 響噹噹/响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
- 顯著/显著 (xiǎnzhù)
- 高強/高强 (gāoqiáng)
Variety | Location | Words |
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Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar |
Taiwan | 厲害, 棒 | |
Malaysia | 厲害, 夠力 | |
Singapore | 厲害 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 犀利, 勁 |
Hong Kong | 犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 犀利 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 犀利, 勁 | |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 厲害, 慶, 壁 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 厲害, 慶 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 厲害, 慶 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 厲害, 慶 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 厲害, 慶 | |
Hong Kong | 叻 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 慶 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 厲害 |
Shishi | 厲害 | |
Zhao'an | 厲害 | |
Tainan | 厲害 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 厲害 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 厲害, 勥, 𠢕 | |
Puning | 厲害, 野 | |
Haifeng | 厲害 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 厲害 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 結棍 |
Suzhou | 結棍 | |
Wuxi | 結棍 | |
Hangzhou | 結棍 | |
Ningbo | 結棍 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 䏧腮 |
Derived terms
editJapanese
editKanji in this term | |
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犀 | 利 |
さい Jinmeiyō |
り Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Adjective
edit犀利 • (sairi) -na (adnominal 犀利な (sairi na), adverbial 犀利に (sairi ni))
- sharp (of e.g. cutlery, and of e.g. perception)
Inflection
editInflection of 犀利
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 犀利だろ | さいりだろ | sairi daro |
Continuative (連用形) | 犀利で | さいりで | sairi de |
Terminal (終止形) | 犀利だ | さいりだ | sairi da |
Attributive (連体形) | 犀利な | さいりな | sairi na |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 犀利なら | さいりなら | sairi nara |
Imperative (命令形) | 犀利であれ | さいりであれ | sairi de are |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 犀利ではない 犀利じゃない |
さいりではない さいりじゃない |
sairi de wa nai sairi ja nai |
Informal past | 犀利だった | さいりだった | sairi datta |
Informal negative past | 犀利ではなかった 犀利じゃなかった |
さいりではなかった さいりじゃなかった |
sairi de wa nakatta sairi ja nakatta |
Formal | 犀利です | さいりです | sairi desu |
Formal negative | 犀利ではありません 犀利じゃありません |
さいりではありません さいりじゃありません |
sairi de wa arimasen sairi ja arimasen |
Formal past | 犀利でした | さいりでした | sairi deshita |
Formal negative past | 犀利ではありませんでした 犀利じゃありませんでした |
さいりではありませんでした さいりじゃありませんでした |
sairi de wa arimasen deshita sairi ja arimasen deshita |
Conjunctive | 犀利で | さいりで | sairi de |
Conditional | 犀利なら(ば) | さいりなら(ば) | sairi nara (ba) |
Provisional | 犀利だったら | さいりだったら | sairi dattara |
Volitional | 犀利だろう | さいりだろう | sairi darō |
Adverbial | 犀利に | さいりに | sairi ni |
Degree | 犀利さ | さいりさ | sairisa |
Noun
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