秀色

Chinese

		to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (秀色)		秀	色
simp. #(秀色)		秀	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòusè
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: syòu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowseh
    • Palladius: сюсэ (sjusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ sik¹
    • Yale: sau sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

秀色

1. beautiful scenery
2. beauty; beautiful facial features
3. (grotesque) cannibalism

Synonyms

• (beautiful scenery):

• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 勝景／胜景 (shèngjǐng) (wonderful scenery)
• 勝概／胜概 (shènggài) (beautiful scenery, literary)
• 山川 (shānchuān) (figurative)
• 山水 (shānshuǐ) (figurative)
• 春景 (chūnjǐng) (spring scenery)
• 春色 (chūnsè) (spring scenery)
• 景物 (jǐngwù)
• 景致 (jǐngzhì)
• 景色 (jǐngsè)
• 景觀／景观 (jǐngguān)
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 氣象／气象 (qìxiàng) (literary)
• 秋景 (qiūjǐng) (autumn scenery)
• 秋色 (qiūsè) (autumn scenery)
• 美景 (měijǐng) (beautiful scenery)
• 雨景 (yǔjǐng) (rainy scene)
• 風光／风光
• 風景／风景 (fēngjǐng)
• 風物／风物 (fēngwù)
• 風貌／风貌 (fēngmào)

 

Derived terms

• 秀色可餐 (xiùsèkěcān)