顏色
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Chinese
| colour; countenance; face | colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (顏色) | 顏 | 色 | |
| simp. (颜色) | 颜 | 色 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan2 se2
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan4 sik1
- Jin (Wiktionary): ie1 sah4
- Northern Min (KCR): ngǎing-să̤
- Eastern Min (BUC): ngàng-sáik
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6nge-seq7 / 2ghae-seq7
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
- Wade–Giles: yen2-sê4
- Yale: yán-sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
- Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: yan2 se2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianse
- Sinological IPA (key): /iɛn²¹ sɛ²¹/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /iæ̃²⁴ sei⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaan4 sik1
- Yale: ngàahn sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan4 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: ngan4 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ie1 sah4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie¹¹ saʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngǎing-să̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaiŋ²¹ sɛ²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ngàng-sáik
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ (s-)naiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-siak
- Tâi-lô: gân-siak
- Phofsit Daibuun: gansiag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: nguêng5 sêg4 / nguang5 sêg4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng sek / nguâng sek
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/
Note:
- nguêng5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
- nguang5 sêg4 - Shantou.
- Middle Chinese: ngaen srik
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤrar s.rək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːn srɯɡ/
Noun
顏色
Synonyms
- (color): 色彩 (sècǎi); (color and luster, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé), 顏色／颜色 (yánsè); (Gan, Jin) 色氣／色气 (sèqì); (Cantonese, Min Nan) 色水; (Min Nan, color and luster e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致
- (face; look; expression): 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè), 面容 (miànróng)
- (good looks, of a woman): 姿色 (zīsè)
Derived terms
Related terms
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåi
- Wade–Giles: yen2-shai5
- Yale: yán-shai
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shai
- Palladius: яньшай (janʹšaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂaɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåir
- Wade–Giles: yen2-shai5-ʼrh
- Yale: yán-shair
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shal
- Palladius: яньшайр (janʹšajr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂɑɻ³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
- Wade–Giles: yen2-sê4
- Yale: yán-sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
- Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngaan4 sik1
- Yale: ngàahn sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan4 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: ngan4 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
顏色
Related terms
Descendants
See also
| 白色 | 灰色 | 黑色 |
| 紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红 | 橙色; 棕色, 褐色 | 黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色 |
| 青檸色 / 青柠色 | 綠色 / 绿色 | |
| 青色; 深青色 | 湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色 | 藍色 / 蓝色 |
| 紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色 | 洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色 | 粉紅色 / 粉红色 |