顏色

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See also: 顔色, and 颜色

Chinese

colour; countenance; face
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (顏色)
simp. (颜色)
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Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • nguêng5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
  • nguang5 sêg4 - Shantou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (21)
Final () (69) (134)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter ngaen srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠan/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚan/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɐn/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaɨn/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋan/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋan/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋan/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngaan4 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngæn › ‹ srik ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.ŋˁrar/ /*s.rək/
English face, forehead 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 # 1/1 1/1
No. 14405 10989
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋraːn/ /*srɯɡ/

Noun

顏色

  1. color
    眼睛顏色眼睛颜色  ―  yǎnjing yánsè  ―  eye color
    找出適合顏色 [MSC, trad.]
    找出适合颜色 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào zhǎochū shìhé nǐ de yánsè.
    Find a color that suits you.
  2. face; look; expression
  3. good looks (of a woman)
  4. amazing skill or ability
Synonyms
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2


Noun

顏色

  1. pigment

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顏色):

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色颜色 (layout · text)
     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