色彩

Chinese

		colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
simp. and trad. (色彩)		色	彩
alternative forms		色采
anagram		彩色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sècǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ coi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): set-chhái
• Southern Min

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

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁴ cai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sècǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sècǎi
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴-tsʻai³
    • Yale: sè-tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehtsae
    • Palladius: сэцай (sɛcaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ coi²
    • Yale: sīk chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set-chhái
    • Hakka Romanization System: sed` cai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sed⁵ cai³
    • Sinological IPA: /set̚² t͡sʰai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: siak-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siakzhae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: sik-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekzhae
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁴ cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sek tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰai⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

色彩

1. color

   色彩鮮艷／色彩鲜艳  ―  sècǎi xiānyàn  ―  of bright colours

   色彩平衡  ―  sècǎi pínghéng  ―  colour balance

2. (figurative) character; flavour; distinctive quality; tone; color

   情感色彩  ―  qínggǎn sècǎi  ―  emotional color

   活動帶有政治色彩。 [MSC, trad.]
   活动带有政治色彩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huódòng dàiyǒu zhèngzhì sècǎi. [Pinyin]

   The event is politicised.

Synonyms

• (color): (color and lustre, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé), 顏色／颜色 (yánsè), (Cantonese, Min Nan) 色水, (Min Nan, color and lustre e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致
• (character):

• 性子 (xìngzi) (of alcohol, drugs, etc.)
• 情調／情调 (qíngdiào)
• 格 (literary, or in compounds)
• 特徵／特征 (tèzhēng)
• 特性 (tèxìng)
• 特色 (tèsè)
• 特點／特点 (tèdiǎn)

 

Derived terms

• 地方色彩
• 色彩空間／色彩空间 (sècǎi kōngjiān)
• 色彩繽紛／色彩缤纷

 

See also

• 風格／风格 (fēnggé)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
色	彩
しき Grade: 2	さい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しきさい [shìkísáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕikʲisa̠i]

Noun

色(しき)彩(さい) • (shikisai) 

1. colour, hue

Synonyms

• 色(いろ) (iro)

Korean

Hanja in this term
色	彩

Noun

色彩 • (saekchae) (hangeul 색채)

1. Hanja form^? of 색채 (“colour”).