# 顏色
## Chinese

* 顏色

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yánsè
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan$^2$ se$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan$^4$ sik$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^1$ sah$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngǎing-să̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngàng-sáik
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gân-sek / gân-siak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): nguêng$^5$ sêg$^4$ / nguang$^5$ sêg$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$nge-seq$_7$ / $^2$ghae-seq$_7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yánsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: yán-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
*** Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yan$^2$ se$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianse
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛn²¹ sɛ²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янсый (i͡ansɨy, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /iæ̃²⁴ sei⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngaan$^4$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: ngàahn sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan$^4$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngan$^4$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^1$ sah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie¹¹ saʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngǎing-să̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaiŋ²¹ sɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngàng-sáik
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$naiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-sek
*** Tâi-lô: gân-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ganseg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-siak
*** Tâi-lô: gân-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gansiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: nguêng$^5$ sêg$^4$ / nguang$^5$ sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguêng sek / nguâng sek
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /ŋuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/
* nguêng5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
* nguang5 sêg4 - Shantou.
* Middle Chinese: ngaen srik
Rime :
| Character | 顏 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 五姦切 | 所力切 |
| Baxter | ngaen | srik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠan/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚan/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɐn/ | /ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋaɨn/ | /ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋan/ | /ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋan/ | /ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋan/ | /ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yán | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngaan$^4$ | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ŋˤrar s.rək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraːn srɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 顏 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yán | sè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngæn › | ‹ srik › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.ŋˁrar/ | /*s.rək/ |
| English | face, forehead | color; countenance |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 顏 | 色 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 14405 | 10989 |
| Phonetic component | 彦 | 色 |
| Rime group | 元 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 顏 | 色 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋraːn/ | /*srɯɡ/ |

#### Noun

顏色
* color
    眼睛顏色／眼睛颜色 ― yǎnjing yánsè ― eye color
       Yào zhǎochū shìhé nǐ de yánsè. [Pinyin]
       Find a color that suits you.
* face; look; expression
    From: 1281, 文天祥 (Wen Tianxiang), 《正氣歌》
    Fēngyán zhǎn shū dú, gǔdào zhào yánsè. [Pinyin]
    Under the eaves I open the book and read; the ancient Way lights up my face.
* good looks (of a woman)
* amazing skill or ability

##### Synonyms

* (color): 色彩 (sècǎi); (color and luster, e.g. of gems) 色澤／色泽 (sèzé), 顏色／颜色 (yánsè); (Gan, Jin) 色氣／色气 (sèqì); (Cantonese, Min Nan) 色水; (Min Nan, color and luster e.g. of gems) 色緻／色致
* (face; look; expression): 臉色／脸色 (liǎnsè), 面容 (miànróng)
* (good looks, of a woman): 姿色 (zīsè)

##### Derived terms

* 假以顏色／假以颜色
* 形於顏色／形于颜色
* 木顏色／木颜色 (mùyánsè)
* 沒顏色／没颜色
* 給以顏色／给以颜色
* 給……點兒顏色看／给……点儿颜色看 (gěi...diǎnr yánsè kàn)
* 還以顏色／还以颜色
* 顏色空間／颜色空间 (yánsè kōngjiān)
* 顏色革命／颜色革命 (yánsè gémìng)

##### Related terms

* 花紋／花纹 (huāwén)
* 花色 (huāsè)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yánshai, yánsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan$^4$ sik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yánshai
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåi
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-shai$^5$
*** Yale: yán-shai
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shai
*** Palladius: яньшай (janʹšaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ ʂaɪ̯³/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yánshair
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄕㄞㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yánshåir
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-shai$^5$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yán-shair
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.shal
*** Palladius: яньшайр (janʹšajr)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ ʂɑɻ³/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yánsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yánsè
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: yán-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanseh
*** Palladius: яньсэ (janʹsɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngaan$^4$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: ngàahn sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan$^4$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngan$^4$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaːn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/

#### Noun

顏色
* pigment

##### Related terms

* 染料 (rǎnliào)
* 顏料／颜料 (yánliào)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 顔色(がんしょく) (ganshoku)
* → Korean: 안색(顏色) (ansaek)
* → Vietnamese: nhan sắc (顏色)

### See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (layout · text) :
| 白色 | 灰色 | 黑色 |
| 紅色／红色, 赤色; 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色, 大紅／大红 | 橙色; 棕色, 褐色 | 黃色／黄色; 奶油色 |
| 青檸色／青柠色 | 綠色／绿色 | |
| 青色; 深青色 | 湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色 | 藍色／蓝色 |
| 紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色; 靛色 | 洋紅色／洋红色; 紫色 | 粉紅色／粉红色 |