出色

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (出色)		出	色

Etymology

Appeared in the Zaju《江州司馬青衫淚》 by Ma Zhiyuan:

都道江西人，不是風流客，小子獨風流，江西最出色。 [MSC, trad.]

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都道江西人，不是风流客，小子独风流，江西最出色。 [MSC, simp.]

Dōu dào jiāngxī rén, bùshì fēngliú kè, xiǎozǐ dú fēngliú, jiāngxī zuì chūsè. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ sik¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-sek / chhut-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: chū-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuseh
    • Palladius: чусэ (čusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chēut sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 出息 出色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhutsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ sek̚²/

Adjective

出色

1. outstanding; remarkable; extraordinary

   萬聖節裝扮不是大人的專利，那些拍門討糖果的小孩裝扮也可以十分出色！ [MSC, trad.]
   万圣节装扮不是大人的专利，那些拍门讨糖果的小孩装扮也可以十分出色！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wànshèngjié zhuāngbàn bùshì dàrén de zhuānlì, nàxiē pāi mén tǎo tángguǒ de xiǎohái zhuāngbàn yě kěyǐ shífēn chūsè! [Pinyin]

   Halloween costumes are not just for adults - the costumes of children who ask for candy can also be extraordinary!

Synonyms

• 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
• 了勿起 (Wu)
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
• 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
• 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
• 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
• 優異／优异 (yōuyì)
• 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
• 優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
• 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 出擢 (Hokkien)
• 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
• 出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
• 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
• 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
• 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
• 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
• 惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
• 打得 (Hakka)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 斐然 (fěirán)
• 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
• 標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 漂亮
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
• 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
• 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
• 特出 (tèchū)
• 特異／特异 (tèyì)
• 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
• 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
• 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
• 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
• 超凡 (chāofán)
• 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
• 超常 (chāocháng)
• 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
• 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
• 非凡 (fēifán)
• 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
• 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
• 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
出	色

Adjective

出色

1. chữ Hán form of xuất sắc.