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

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

(Hokkien) any; whichever
(Hokkien) casual; easygoing
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) careless; irresponsible

Adverb

凊彩

(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
Mandarin	Taiwan	隨便
	Yangzhou	隨便
	Nanjing	隨便
	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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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

→ Indonesian: cincai
→ Malay: cincai, cingcai

References

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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

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