色彩

色彩

Chinese

		color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance	(bright) color; variety; applause (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (色彩)		色	彩
variant forms		色采
anagram		彩色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sècǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ coi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): set-chhái
• Min Nan (POJ): siak-chhái / sek-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sècǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehtsae
    • IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ coi²
    • Yale: sīk chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ coi²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set-chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: sed` cai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sed⁵ cai³
    • IPA: /set̚² t͡sʰai̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: siak-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakzhae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: sik-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekzhae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰaɪ⁵³/

Noun

色彩

1. colour

   色彩鮮艷 / 色彩鲜艳  ―  sècǎi xiānyàn  ―  of bright colours

2. (figuratively) character; flavour; distinctive quality; tone

   活動帶有政治色彩。 [MSC, trad.]
   活动带有政治色彩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huódòng dàiyǒu zhèngzhì sècǎi. [Pinyin]

   The event is politicised.

Derived terms

地方色彩

色彩繽紛／色彩缤纷

See also

• 風格／风格 (fēnggé)
• 特點／特点 (tèdiǎn)
• 特色 (tèsè)
• 特徵／特征 (tèzhēng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
色	彩
しき Grade: 2	さい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しきさい [shìkísáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕikʲisa̠i]

Noun

色彩 (hiragana しきさい, rōmaji shikisai)

1. colour

Synonyms

• 色 (いろ) (iro)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN