絕色

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (絕色)		絕	色
simp. (绝色)		绝	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juésè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juésè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuésè
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-sê⁴
    • Yale: jywé-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueseh
    • Palladius: цзюэсэ (czjuesɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ sik¹
    • Yale: jyuht sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

絕色

1. (literary) unrivalled beauty (of a woman)

Derived terms

• 古今絕色 / 古今绝色
• 絕色佳人 / 绝色佳人 (juésèjiārén)
• 絕色天香 / 绝色天香 (juésètiānxiāng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (絕色):

• → Japanese: 絶色(ぜっしょく) (zesshoku)
• → Vietnamese: tuyệt sắc (絕色)