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一色

一色

Chinese

		one; 1; single one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (一色)		一	色

Adjective

一色

of the same colour
uniform

Derived terms

水天一色
清一色 (qīngyīsè)

綠一色／绿一色 (lǜyīsè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	色
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

一色 ‎(hiragana いっしょく, romaji isshoku)

one color, being monochrome
the sole focus of attention

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīsè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): it-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīsè [Phonetic: yísè]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄙㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iseh
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ sik¹
  - Yale: yāt sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-sek
  - Tâi-lô: it-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/