秘色

See also: 祕色

Chinese

		secret	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (秘色/祕色)		秘/祕	色
simp. (秘色)		秘	色

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Curious how we get from "secret color" to "celadon glaze". Is the spelling a reference to an originally-secret manufacturing process?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìsè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìsè
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴-sê⁴
  - Yale: mì-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihseh
  - Palladius: мисэ (misɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei³ sik¹
  - Yale: bei sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi³ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

秘色

celadon glaze