落色

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (落色)		落	色
simp. #(落色)		落	色

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làoshǎi, luòsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˋ ㄕㄞˇ, ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): làu-sek / lak-sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lag⁴ sêg⁴

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lag⁴ xig⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làoshǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄕㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làoshǎi
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴-shai³
    • Yale: làu-shǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lawshae
    • Palladius: лаошай (laošaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòsè
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: lwò-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohseh
    • Palladius: лосэ (losɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-sek
    • Tâi-lô: làu-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laoseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lak-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lakseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ sek̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lag⁴ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lak sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lak̚²⁻⁴ sek̚²/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: lag⁴ xig⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lak̚⁵ sik̚⁵/

Verb

落色

1. to discolor and fade; to lose color

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 退色 (“to lose colour; to discolour; to fade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退色, 褪色, 脫色, 掉色, 走色, 落色
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	掉色兒, 落色兒, 捎色兒
	Taiwan	掉色, 退色, 脫色
	Singapore	退色
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	掉色, 捎色
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	掉色, 捎色
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	脫色, 敗色
	Wuhan	退色, 掉色, 悔靛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	落色, 掉色
	Hefei	掉色, 敗色
Cantonese	Guangzhou	甩色, 脫色
	Hong Kong	甩色
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	甩色
	Macau	甩色
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	甩色
	Foshan	甩色
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	甩色
	Foshan (Shunde)	甩色
	Foshan (Sanshui)	甩色
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	甩色
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	甩色
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	甩色
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	甩色
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	甩色
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	甩色
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	甩色
	Taishan	脫色
	Kaiping (Chikan)	脫色
	Enping (Niujiang)	脫色
	Heshan (Yayao)	甩色
	Dongguan	甩色
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	甩色
	Yangjiang	脫色
Gan	Nanchang	脫色, 悔色
Hakka	Meixian	脫色, 㪐色
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	脫色
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	甩色
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	脫色
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	甩色
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	脫色
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	退色
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	退色
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	退色
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	退色
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	退色
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	退色
Jin	Taiyuan	掉色, 捎色
Northern Min	Jian'ou	退色, 𦫪色
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	退色, 褪色, 卸色
Southern Min	Xiamen	退色, 落色, 走色
	Quanzhou	退色, 走色
	Zhangzhou	退色, 落色, 走色
	Tainan	退色, 落色, 走色
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落色
	Chaozhou	退色, 甪色, 落色
	Jieyang	落色, 甪色
	Leizhou	落色
	Haikou	落色
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	脫色
Wu	Suzhou	奪色, 退色
	Wenzhou	退色
Xiang	Changsha	悔色
	Shuangfeng	退色, 否色

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-sek / lo̍h-siak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-siak
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/

Verb

落色

1. (Southern Min) to add color (to an artwork)