五彩

Chinese

		five	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (五彩)		五	彩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔcǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ coi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-chhái
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-chhái / gó͘-chhái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔcǎi [Phonetic: wúcǎi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔcǎi
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-tsʻai³
    • Yale: wǔ-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuutsae
    • Palladius: уцай (ucaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ coi²
    • Yale: ńgh chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng` cai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ cai³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ t͡sʰai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofzhae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gó͘-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: góo-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gofzhae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

五彩

1. the five colors (blue, yellow, red, black and white)

Adjective

五彩

1. colorful; multicolored

Derived terms

• 五彩紙屑／五彩纸屑 (wǔcǎi zhǐxiè)
• 五彩繽紛／五彩缤纷 (wǔcǎibīnfēn)