食色

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Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (食色)		食	色
simp. ^#(食色)		食	色

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-sek / chia̍h-siak

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-sek
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqseg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-siak
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/

Verb

食色

(Hokkien) to dye; to color
(Mainland China Hokkien) to absorb colors (of cloth, etc.)

Synonyms

(to dye): 上色 (shàngsè), 染色 (rǎnsè)

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