面色

面色

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (面色)		面	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-set
• Min Nan (POJ): bīn-sek / bīn-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànsè
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: myàn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannseh
    • Palladius: мяньсэ (mjanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ sik¹
    • Yale: mihn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ set̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-siak
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² ɕiak̚⁵/

Noun

面色

1. complexion; colour of the face
2. facial expression; look (on someone's face)

Synonyms

• (complexion):

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面神 (Min Nan) 氣色／气色 (qìsè)

臉相／脸相 (liǎnxiàng) 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè)

• (facial expression):

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神情 (shénqíng) 神色 (shénsè) 表情 (biǎoqíng) 面昌 (Min Nan) 面神 (Min Nan)

情態／情态 (qíngtài) (literary) 神態／神态 (shéntài) 臉相／脸相 (liǎnxiàng) 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè)

Derived terms

面色如土 面色如生 面色如金紙／面色如金纸

面色發白／面色发白 面色蒼白／面色苍白 (miànsècāngbái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (面色):

• → Japanese: 面色(めんしょく) (menshoku)
• → Korean: 면색(面色) (myeonsaek)