古色古香

Chinese

		ancient; old	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	ancient; old	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (古色古香)		古	色	古	香
simp. #(古色古香)		古	色	古	香

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔsègǔxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² sik¹ gu² hoeng¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gou² sêg⁴ gou² hiang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔsègǔxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔsègǔsiang
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-sê⁴-ku³-hsiang¹
    • Yale: gǔ-sè-gǔ-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guusehguushiang
    • Palladius: гусэгусян (gusɛgusjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² sik¹ gu² hoeng¹
    • Yale: gú sīk gú hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² sik⁷ gu² hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² xig¹ gu² hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ kuː³⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou² sêg⁴ gou² hiang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu sek kóu hiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ kou⁵²⁻³⁵ hiaŋ³³/

Idiom

古色古香

1. having an ancient or antique elegance