秀色可餐
Chinese
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
From a line in the poem 《日出東南隅行》 by Lu Ji ((deprecated template usage) 陸機):
Pronunciation
- 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)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 秀色可餐
- (of a woman) extremely attractive; breathtakingly beautiful