凊彩

Chinese

		cool; fresh; to cool	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (凊彩)		凊	彩
simp. #(凊彩)		凊	彩
alternative forms		請裁／请裁 凊采 凊菜 凊採／凊采 信採／信采 請裁／请裁 凊采 凊菜 凊採／凊采 信採／信采 襯採／衬采 靘彩 且睬 且採／且采 䞋采 䞋綵／𫎪彩 䞋彩／𫎪彩 稱采 稱採／称采 稱睬／称睬 稱彩／称彩 儭睬／𠋆睬 情在 盡在／尽在 輕菜／轻菜 青菜 青采 信嘴 信手

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

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-chhái / khìn-chhái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cing³ cai² / cêng³ cai²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • 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): /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: cing³ cai² / cêng³ cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshìng tshái / tshèng tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁵²/, /t͡sʰeŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰai⁵²⁻²¹/

Note: cêng3 cai2 - Jieyang.

Adjective

凊彩

1. (Hokkien) any; whichever
2. (Hokkien) casual; easygoing
3. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) careless; irresponsible

Adverb

凊彩

1. (Southern Min) casually; informally

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 隨便 (“casually; as one pleases; at random”) [map]

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

Descendants

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

References

• “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], 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