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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set-chhái
  - Hakka Romanization System: sed^ˋ cai^ˋ
  - 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

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

色彩平衡 ― sècǎi pínghéng ― colour balance
(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 (shǎishuǐ), (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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕikʲisa̠i]

Noun

色(しき)彩(さい) • (shikisai)

colour, hue

Synonyms

色(いろ) (iro)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
色	彩

Noun

色彩 • (saekchae) (hangeul 색채)

hanja form^? of 색채 (“colour”)