秀色可餐
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[edit]beautiful facial features | can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) |
eat; meal | ||
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trad. (秀色可餐) | 秀色 | 可 | 餐 | |
simp. #(秀色可餐) | 秀色 | 可 | 餐 | |
Literally: “a beautiful countenance that can be eaten”. |
Etymology
[edit]From a line in the poem 《日出東南隅行》 by Lu Ji (陸機):
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sau3 sik1 ho2 caan1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): siu3 sêg4 ko2 cang1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄘㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siòusèkěcan
- Wade–Giles: hsiu4-sê4-kʻo3-tsʻan1
- Yale: syòu-sè-kě-tsān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowsehkeetsan
- Palladius: сюсэкэцань (sjusɛkɛcanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sau3 sik1 ho2 caan1
- Yale: sau sīk hó chāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: sau3 sik7 ho2 tsaan1
- Guangdong Romanization: seo3 xig1 ho2 can1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐu̯³³ sɪk̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siu3 sêg4 ko2 cang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù sek khó tshang
- Sinological IPA (key): /siu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
Idiom
[edit]秀色可餐
- (of a woman) extremely attractive; breathtakingly beautiful
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