花色

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend (money, time) flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (花色)		花	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fâ-set
• Min Nan (POJ): hoe-siak / hoe-sek / hoa-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huāsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huaseh
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ sik¹
    • Yale: fā sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ xig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑː⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fâ-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: fa´ sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fa¹ sed⁵
    • IPA: /fa²⁴ set̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-siak
    • Tâi-lô: hue-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoesiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue³³ ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-sek
    • Tâi-lô: hue-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoeseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-sek
    • Tâi-lô: hua-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚³²/

Noun

花色

1. colour of a flower
2. design and color; pattern and colour
3. variety; range (of goods)
4. (card games) suit

See also

Suits in Chinese · 花色 (layout · text)
紅心／红心 (hóngxīn), 紅桃／红桃 (hóngtáo) ♥	方塊／方块 (fāngkuài) ♦	黑桃 (hēitáo) ♠	梅花 (méihuā) ♣