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喜色

喜色

Chinese

		to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (喜色)		喜	色

Noun

喜色

happy expression; joyful look

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xǐsè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): hí-siak / hí-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiseh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² sik¹
  - Yale: héi sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-siak
  - Tâi-lô: hí-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hysiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sek
  - Tâi-lô: hí-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hyseg
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/