芋水色

Chinese

		Colocasia antiquorum	water; river	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (芋水色)		芋	水	色
simp. #(芋水色)		芋	水	色

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ō͘-chúi-siak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ō͘-chúi-siak
    • Tâi-lô: ōo-tsuí-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oxzuysiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/

Noun

芋水色

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) light purple; lilac
2. (Philippine Hokkien) purple; violet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紫色 (“purple; violet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紫色
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	紫色
	Singapore	紫色
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	茄花色
	Xining	紫色
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	紫顏色
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紫色
	Dongguan	紫色
	Singapore (Guangfu)	紫色
Gan	Lichuan	紫色
Hakka	Meixian	紫色
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吊菜色, 茄仔色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吊菜色, 茄仔色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	茄色, 茄仔色, 吊菜色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吊菜色, 茄色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	茄色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	茄色
Northern Min	Jian'ou	紫色
Southern Min	Xiamen	茄仔色
	Quanzhou	紫色
	Zhangzhou	茄仔色
	Taipei	茄仔色
	Taipei (Wanhua)	茄仔色
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	茄仔色, 茄色, 紫色
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	茄色, 紫色
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	茄色, 茄仔色, 紫色
	Kaohsiung	茄花色, 茄仔色, 紫色
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	茄仔色, 紫色
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	茄仔色, 紫色
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	茄仔色, 紫色
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	茄仔色, 紫色
	Yilan	茄花色, 茄仔色, 紫色
	Yilan (Toucheng)	茄仔色, 紫色
	Changhua (Lukang)	茄色, 紫色
	Taichung	紫色, 茄仔色
	Taichung (Wuqi)	紅皮菜色
	Tainan	紅菜色, 茄仔色, 紫色
	Taitung	茄仔色
	Hsinchu	茄色, 茄仔色
	Kinmen	茄仔色
	Penghu (Magong)	茄仔色, 紫色
	Penghu (Xiyu)	紫色, 茄仔色
	Penang (Hokkien)	紫色
	Singapore (Hokkien)	茄色, 紫色
	Manila (Hokkien)	紫色, 芋水色
	Shantou	茄色
	Singapore (Teochew)	紫色
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	紫色
Wu	Shanghai	紫顏色