遠色

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Chinese

far; distant; remote
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (遠色)
simp. (远色)

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (35) (21)
Final () (66) (134)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwonX srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉɐnX/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷiɐnX/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɐnX/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuanX/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐnX/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐnX/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐnX/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuǎn she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun5 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yuǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwonX › ‹ srik ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ɢʷanʔ/ /*s.rək/
English far color; countenance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 16226 10989
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷanʔ/ /*srɯɡ/

Noun

遠色

  1. (literary) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (35) (21)
Final () (66) (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjwonH srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉɐnH/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷiɐnH/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuɐnH/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuanH/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuɐnH/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwɐnH/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯wɐnH/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuàn she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyun6 sik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 16227 10989
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷans/ /*srɯɡ/

Verb

遠色

  1. (literary) to keep aloof from beauty; to keep oneself from the seductions of beauty