清一色

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	of the same colour; uniform
trad. (清一色)		清	一色
simp. #(清一色)		清	一色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngyīsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ jat¹ sik¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-it-sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ zêg⁸ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngyīsè [Phonetic: qīngyísè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄧ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingyisè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-i¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: chīng-yī-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingiseh
    • Palladius: цинъисэ (cinʺisɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ jat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chīng yāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ jat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ yed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-it-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-it-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheng'itseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹ zêg⁸ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng tse̍k sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sek̚⁴⁻² sek̚²/

Adjective

清一色

1. uniform; all the same; homogeneous

Noun

清一色

1. (mahjong) a winning hand where all the tiles are of the same suit

Descendants

• → Japanese: 清一色(チンイーソー) (chin'īsō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	一	色
チン Grade: 4	イー Grade: 1	ソー Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
淸一色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Mandarin 清一色 (qīngyīsè).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩɰ̃iːso̞ː]

Noun

清(チン)一(イー)色(ソー) • (chin'īsō) 

1. (mahjong) a winning hand where all the tiles are of the same suit