正色

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (正色)		正	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-sek / chèng-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngsè
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: jèng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqseh
    • Palladius: чжэнсэ (čžɛnsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing³ sik¹
    • Yale: jing sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 正式 正色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/

Noun

正色

1. pure colors; cardinal colors (blue, yellow, red, white and black)
2. stern and serious facial expression

Derived terms

• 危言正色
• 正色危言
• 正色可染
• 正色敢言
• 正色直言
• 直言正色

 

Verb

正色

1. to adopt a stern countenance

Korean

Hanja in this term
正	色

Noun

正色 • (jeongsaek) (hangeul 정색)

1. Hanja form^? of 정색 (“serious look; straight face”).