食色

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (食色)		食	色
simp. #(食色)		食	色

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/

Verb

食色

1. (Hokkien) to dye; to color
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to absorb colors (of cloth, etc.)

Synonyms

• (to dye): 上色 (shàngsè), 染色 (rǎnsè)