退色

Chinese

		retreat; to decline; to move back retreat; to decline; to move back; to withdraw	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (退色)		退	色
simp. #(退色)		退	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuìsè, tuìshǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi³ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thè-sek / thèr-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèisè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: twèi-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyseh
    • Palladius: туйсэ (tujsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuìshǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuèishǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui⁴-shai³
    • Yale: twèi-shǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tueyshae
    • Palladius: туйшай (tujšaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teoi³ sik¹
    • Yale: teui sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thè-sek
    • Tâi-lô: thè-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teaseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thèr-siak
    • Tâi-lô: thèr-siak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/

Verb

退色

1. to decolour; to discolor
2. (figurative, derogatory) to lose one's original and fine qualities

Synonyms

• (to discolor): 走色 (zǒusè) 掉色 (diàoshǎi), 脫色／脱色 (tuōsè), 褪色 (tuìsè); (Cantonese) 甩色