面色

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (面色)		面	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-set
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-sek / bīn-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànsè
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: myàn-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannseh
    • Palladius: мяньсэ (mjanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ sik¹
    • Yale: mihn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ set̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-siak
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /bin⁴¹⁻²² siak̚⁵/

Noun

面色

1. complexion; colour of the face
2. facial expression; look (on someone's face)

Synonyms

• (complexion):

• 氣色／气色 (qìsè)
• 臉相／脸相 (liǎnxiàng)
• 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè)
• 面神 (Hokkien)

 

• (facial expression):

• 情態／情态 (qíngtài) (literary)
• 目頭／目头 (Hokkien)
• 神情 (shénqíng)
• 神態／神态 (shéntài)
• 神色 (shénsè)
• 臉相／脸相 (liǎnxiàng)
• 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè)
• 表情 (biǎoqíng)
• 面昌 (Hokkien)
• 面神 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 面色如土
• 面色如生
• 面色如金紙／面色如金纸
• 面色發白／面色发白
• 面色蒼白／面色苍白 (miànsècāngbái)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (面色):

• → Japanese: 面色(めんしょく) (menshoku)
• → Korean: 면색(面色) (myeonsaek)