顏色

See also: 顔色 and 颜色

Chinese

		colour; countenance; face	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (顏色)		顏	色
simp. (颜色)		颜	色

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Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yánsè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan² se²

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ sik¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ie¹ sah⁴
Northern Min (KCR): ngǎing-să̤
Eastern Min (BUC): ngàng-sáik
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gân-sek / gân-siak

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguêng⁵ sêg⁴ / nguang⁵ sêg⁴
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶nge-seq₇ / ²ngae-seoq₇ / ²ghae-seq₇ / ²ngaen-seoq₇
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ngan² se⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-sê⁴
  - Yale: yán-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
  - Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yan² se²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianse
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn²¹ sɛ²¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iæ̃²⁴ sei⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁴ sik¹
  - Yale: ngàahn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ie¹ sah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie¹¹ saʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngǎing-să̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaiŋ²¹ sɛ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngàng-sáik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-sek
  - Tâi-lô: gân-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ganseg
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-siak
  - Tâi-lô: gân-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gansiag
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nguêng⁵ sêg⁴ / nguang⁵ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng sek / nguâng sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Note:

nguêng5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
nguang5 sêg4 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶nge-seq₇
  - MiniDict: nge^去 seh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nge-seq₄
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²² səʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ²ngae-seoq₇
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ŋɛ²² sʌʔ²²/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ²ghae-seq₇
  - MiniDict: ghae^平 seh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦɛ³¹ səʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ²ngaen-seoq₇
  - MiniDict: ngaeon^平 seoh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ŋæ̃¹¹ səʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: ngan² se⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋan¹¹ se²²/

Middle Chinese: ngaen srik

Rime
Character	顏	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	五姦切	所力切
Baxter	ngaen	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠan/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚan/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐn/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨn/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/ŋan/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/ŋan/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋan/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaan⁴	sik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤrar s.rək/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːn srɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	顏	色
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán	sè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngæn ›	‹ srik ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ŋˁrar/	/*s.rək/
English	face, forehead	color; countenance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顏	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14405	10989
Phonetic component	彦	色
Rime group	元	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	顏	色
Old Chinese	/*ŋraːn/	/*srɯɡ/

Noun

顏色

color
眼睛顏色／眼睛颜色 ― yǎnjing yánsè ― eye color

要找出適合你的顏色。 [MSC, trad.]
要找出适合你的颜色。 [MSC, simp.]
Yào zhǎochū shìhé nǐ de yánsè. [Pinyin]
Find a color that suits you.
- 你未看此花時，此花與汝心同歸於寂；你來看此花時，則此花顏色一時明白起來，便知此花不在你的心外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  你未看此花时，此花与汝心同归于寂；你来看此花时，则此花颜色一时明白起来，便知此花不在你的心外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1554, 王陽明,《傳習錄》第275, translated by Chan Wing-tsit
  Nǐ wèi kàn cǐ huā shí, cǐ huā yǔ rǔ xīn tóngguī yú jì; nǐ lái kàn cǐ huā shí, zé cǐ huā yánsè yīshí míngbái qǐlái, biàn zhī cǐ huā bùzài nǐ de xīnwài. [Pinyin]
  Before you look at these flowers, they and your mind are in the state of silent vacancy. As you come to look at them, their colors at once show up clearly. From this you can know that these flowers are not external to your mind.
face; look; expression
- 風簷展書讀，古道照顏色。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  风檐展书读，古道照颜色。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1281, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang), 《正氣歌》
  Fēngyán zhǎn shū dú, gǔdào zhào yánsè. [Pinyin]
  Under the eaves I open the book and read; the ancient Way lights up my face.
good looks (of a woman)
amazing skill or ability

Synonyms

(color): 色彩 (sècǎi); (color and luster, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé), 顏色／颜色 (yánsè); (Gan, Jin) 色氣／色气 (shǎiqi); (Cantonese, Min Nan) 色水 (shǎishuǐ); (Min Nan, color and luster e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致
(face; look; expression): 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè), 面容 (miànróng)
(good looks, of a woman): 姿色 (zīsè)

Derived terms

假以顏色 / 假以颜色
形於顏色 / 形于颜色
木顏色 / 木颜色 (mùyánsè)
沒顏色 / 没颜色
給以顏色 / 给以颜色
給……點兒顏色看 / 给……点儿颜色看 (gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn)
還以顏色 / 还以颜色
顏色空間 / 颜色空间 (yánsè kōngjiān)
顏色革命 / 颜色革命 (yánsè gémìng)

Related terms

花紋／花纹 (huāwén)
花色 (huāsè)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánshai, yánsè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánshai
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåi
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-shai⁵
  - Yale: yán-shai
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shai
  - Palladius: яньшай (janʹšaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂaɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánshair
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåir
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-shai⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: yán-shair
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shal
  - Palladius: яньшайр (janʹšajr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂɑɻ³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-sê⁴
  - Yale: yán-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
  - Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaan⁴ sik¹
  - Yale: ngàahn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

顏色

pigment

Related terms

染料 (rǎnliào)
顏料／颜料 (yánliào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顏色):

→ Japanese: 顔色(がんしょく) (ganshoku)
→ Korean: 안색(顏色) (ansaek)
→ Vietnamese: nhan sắc (顏色)

白色	灰色	黑色
紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红	橙色; 棕色, 褐色	黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色
青檸色 / 青柠色	綠色 / 绿色
青色; 深青色	湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色	藍色 / 蓝色
紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色	洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色	粉紅色 / 粉红色