成色

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (成色)		成	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-siak / sêng-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngsè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-sê⁴
    • Yale: chéng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngseh
    • Palladius: чэнсэ (čɛnsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 成色 橙色

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: sìhng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-siak
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

Noun

成色

1. purity (of gold, silver, etc.)

   • 我冠兒上金子，成色要高。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我冠儿上金子，成色要高。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1598, Tang Xianzu, 牡丹亭 (The Peony Pavilion)

     Wǒ guān'ér shàng jīnzi, chéngsè yào gāo. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. quality

   • 因思跟賈政出門，便不肯拿出十分出色的新鮮衣服來，只揀那三等成色的來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     因思跟贾政出门，便不肯拿出十分出色的新鲜衣服来，只拣那三等成色的来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Yīn sī gēn Gǔ Zhèng chūmén, biàn bùkěn ná chū shífēn chūsè de xīnxiān yīfú lái, zhǐ jiǎn nà sānděng chéngsè de lái. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (purity): 純度／纯度 (chúndù)
• (quality):

Dialectal synonyms of 質量 (“quality (opposite of quantity 數量)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		質, 品
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		品質, 成色, 質量
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	質量, 品質
	Taiwan	品質
Mandarin	Singapore	品質
Cantonese	Hong Kong	質素, 品質