色調

Chinese

		colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer
trad. (色調)		色	調
simp. (色调)		色	调
anagram		調色／调色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sèdiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ diu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-tiāu / siak-tiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sèdiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sèdiào
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴-tiao⁴
    • Yale: sè-dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehdiaw
    • Palladius: сэдяо (sɛdjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ diu⁶
    • Yale: sīk diuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ diu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ diu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ tiːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: sik-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekdiau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ tiau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-tiāu
    • Tâi-lô: siak-tiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakdiau
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiau⁴¹/

Noun

色調

1. tone; hue

   Hyponyms: 冷調 / 冷调, 暖調 / 暖调 (nuǎndiào)

   冷色調／冷色调  ―  lěngsèdiào  ―  cool colour tone

   暖色調／暖色调  ―  nuǎnsèdiào  ―  warm colour tone

Japanese

Kanji in this term
色	調
しき Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しきちょー [shìkíchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikʲit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

色(しき)調(ちょう) • (shikichō) ^{←しきてう (sikiteu)?}

1. tone; hue

   色調(しきちょう)変化(へんか)

   shikichō henka

   changes in color

Synonyms

• 色合(いろあ)い (iroai)

References

• “色調”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026