退色

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (退色)		退	色
simp. #(退色)		退	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìsè, tuìshǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thui-set
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-sek / thèr-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: twèi-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyseh
    • Palladius: туйсэ (tujsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìshǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèishǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-shai³
    • Yale: twèi-shǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshae
    • Palladius: туйшай (tujšaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ sik¹
    • Yale: teui sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thui-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: tui sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tui⁴ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i⁵⁵ set̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-sek
    • Tâi-lô: thè-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teaseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-siak
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-siak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/

Verb

退色

1. to lose colour; to discolour; to fade
2. (figurative, derogatory) to lose one's original and fine qualities

Synonyms

• (to discolor):

Dialectal synonyms of 退色 (“to lose colour; to discolour; to fade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退色, 褪色, 脫色, 掉色, 走色, 落色
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	掉色兒, 落色兒, 捎色兒
	Taiwan	掉色, 退色, 脫色
	Singapore	退色
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	掉色, 捎色
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	掉色, 捎色
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	脫色, 敗色
	Wuhan	退色, 掉色, 悔靛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	落色, 掉色
	Hefei	掉色, 敗色
Cantonese	Guangzhou	甩色, 脫色
	Hong Kong	甩色
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	甩色
	Macau	甩色
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	甩色
	Foshan	甩色
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	甩色
	Foshan (Shunde)	甩色
	Foshan (Sanshui)	甩色
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	甩色
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	甩色
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	甩色
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	甩色
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	甩色
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	甩色
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	甩色
	Taishan	脫色
	Kaiping (Chikan)	脫色
	Enping (Niujiang)	脫色
	Heshan (Yayao)	甩色
	Dongguan	甩色
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	甩色
	Yangjiang	脫色
Gan	Nanchang	脫色, 悔色
Hakka	Meixian	脫色, 㪐色
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	脫色
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	甩色
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	脫色
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	脫色
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	退色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	退色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	退色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	退色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	退色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	退色
Jin	Taiyuan	掉色, 捎色
Northern Min	Jian'ou	退色, 𦫪色
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退色, 褪色, 卸色
Southern Min	Xiamen	退色, 落色, 走色
	Quanzhou	退色, 走色
	Zhangzhou	退色, 落色, 走色
	Tainan	退色, 落色, 走色
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落色
	Chaozhou	退色, 甪色, 落色
	Jieyang	落色, 甪色
	Leizhou	落色
	Haikou	落色
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	脫色
Wu	Suzhou	奪色, 退色
	Wenzhou	退色
Xiang	Changsha	悔色
	Shuangfeng	退色, 否色