完璧

Chinese

 
to finish; to be over; whole
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
piece of jade with hole in center
simp. and trad.
(完璧)
Literally: “intact jade”.

Etymology

Short for 完璧歸趙完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào, “returning the jade intact to the State of Zhao”).

Pronunciation


Noun

完璧

  1. (literally) intact jade; perfect jade
  2. (figuratively) perfect person or object; perfection
  3. (figuratively) virgin

Adjective

完璧

  1. (to return something) intact; in good condition; complete
  2. flawless; perfect

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
へき > ぺき
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
完壁 (misspelling)
完ぺき

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 完璧 (MC ɦuɑn piᴇk̚). Compare Mandarin 完璧 (wánbì).

Pronunciation

    Adjective

    (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki) くわんぺき (kwanpeki)? -na (adnominal (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki na), adverbial (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki ni))

    1. perfect, infallible, complete

    Inflection

    Synonyms

    Noun

    (かん)(ぺき) (kanpeki) くわんぺき (kwanpeki)?

    1. perfection, infallibility, completeness

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    完璧 (wanbyeok) (hangeul 완벽)

    1. Hanja form? of 완벽 (perfection, flawlessness).
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