色水
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Chinese
colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance |
water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (色水) |
色 | 水 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik1 seoi2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): set2 sui2
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sêd5 sui3
- Southern Min
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sik1 seoi2
- Yale: sīk séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: set2 sui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /set̚⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
Noun
色水
Synonyms
- 色彩 (sècǎi)
- (color and lustre, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé)
- 顏色／颜色 (yánsè)
- (Min Nan, color and lustre e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致
Derived terms
References
- “Entry #2637”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 色 | 水 |
| いろ Grade: 2 |
みず Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 色水 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 色水, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |