起色

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (起色)		起	色
simp. #(起色)		起	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-sê⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiseh
    • Palladius: цисэ (cisɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei² sik¹
    • Yale: héi sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 喜色 起色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sek
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qyseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

起色

1. improvement (from a bad state); turn for the better

Synonyms

• 突破 (tūpò)
• 轉機／转机 (zhuǎnjī)

Derived terms

• 有起色
• 漸有起色 / 渐有起色