色水

Chinese

		colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	water; river
simp. and trad. (色水)		色	水

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sik¹ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): set² sui²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sêd⁵ sui³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sek-chúi / siak-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ zui²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ seoi²
    • Yale: sīk séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: set² sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /set̚⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sêd⁵ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɛt̚¹ suɪ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sik-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekzuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: siak-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakzuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

色水

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) color
2. (Cantonese, attributive) gimmick

Synonyms

• 色彩 (sècǎi)
• (color and lustre, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé)
• 顏色／颜色 (yánsè)
• (Min Nan, color and lustre e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致

Derived terms

• 整色整水

 

References

• “Entry #2637”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
色	水
いろ Grade: 2	みず Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 色水 – see the following entry.

【いろみず】 [noun] colored (dyed) water

(This term, 色水, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)