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

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

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