顏色

See also: 顔色 and 颜色

Chinese

		colour; countenance; face	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (顏色)		顏	色
simp. (颜色)		颜	色

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan² se²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ sik¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): ie¹ sah⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): ngǎing-să̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngàng-sáik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gân-sek / gân-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguêng⁵ sêg⁴ / nguang⁵ sêg⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶nge-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-sê⁴
    • Yale: yán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
    • Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yan² se²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianse
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹ sɛ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃²⁴ sei⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: ngàahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ie¹ sah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie¹¹ saʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngǎing-să̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaiŋ²¹ sɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngàng-sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-sek
    • Tâi-lô: gân-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ganseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-siak
    • Tâi-lô: gân-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gansiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguêng⁵ sêg⁴ / nguang⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng sek / nguâng sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Note:

• nguêng5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
• nguang5 sêg4 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶nge-seq
    • MiniDict: nge^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nge-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²² səʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaen srik

Rime
Character	顏	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	五姦切	所力切
Baxter	ngaen	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠan/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚan/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐn/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨn/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/ŋan/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/ŋan/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋan/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaan4	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤrar  s.rək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːn  srɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	顏	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán	sè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngæn ›	‹ srik ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁrar/	/*s.rək/
English	face, forehead	color; countenance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顏	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14405	10989
Phonetic component	彦	色
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	顏	色
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːn/	/*srɯɡ/

Noun

顏色

1. color

   眼睛顏色／眼睛颜色  ―  yǎnjing yánsè  ―  eye color

   要找出適合你的顏色。 [MSC, trad.]
   要找出适合你的颜色。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yào zhǎochū shìhé nǐ de yánsè. [Pinyin]

   Find a color that suits you.

2. face; look; expression

   • 風簷展書讀，古道照顏色。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     风檐展书读，古道照颜色。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1281, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang), 《正氣歌》

     Fēngyán zhǎn shū dú, gǔdào zhào yánsè. [Pinyin]

     Under the eaves I open the book and read; the ancient Way lights up my face.

3. good looks (of a woman)
4. amazing skill or ability

Synonyms

• (color): 色彩 (sècǎi); (color and luster, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé), 顏色／颜色 (yánsè); (Gan, Jin) 色氣／色气 (sèqì); (Cantonese, Min Nan) 色水; (Min Nan, color and luster e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致
• (face; look; expression): 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè), 面容 (miànróng)
• (good looks, of a woman): 姿色 (zīsè)

Derived terms

• 假以顏色／假以颜色
• 形於顏色／形于颜色
• 木顏色／木颜色 (mùyánsè)
• 沒顏色／没颜色
• 給……點兒顏色看／给……点儿颜色看 (gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn)
• 給以顏色／给以颜色
• 還以顏色／还以颜色
• 顏色空間／颜色空间 (yánsè kōngjiān)
• 顏色革命／颜色革命 (yánsè gémìng)

 

Related terms

• 花紋／花纹 (huāwén)
• 花色 (huāsè)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánshai, yánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánshai
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåi
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-shai⁵
    • Yale: yán-shai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shai
    • Palladius: яньшай (janʹšaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂaɪ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánshair
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåir
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-shai⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: yán-shair
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shal
    • Palladius: яньшайр (janʹšajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂɑɻ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-sê⁴
    • Yale: yán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
    • Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: ngàahn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

顏色

1. pigment

Related terms

• 染料 (rǎnliào)
• 顏料／颜料 (yánliào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顏色):

• → Japanese: 顔色(がんしょく) (ganshoku)
• → Korean: 안색(顏色) (ansaek)
• → Vietnamese: nhan sắc (顏色)

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (layout · text)

白色	灰色	黑色
紅色／红色, 赤色; 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色, 大紅／大红	橙色; 棕色, 褐色	黃色／黄色; 奶油色
青檸色／青柠色	綠色／绿色
青色; 深青色	湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色	藍色／蓝色
紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色; 靛色	洋紅色／洋红色; 紫色	粉紅色／粉红色