色 (sik1 | se4) : colour

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色

sik1

se4

[1] [n] colour; tint; tinge; hue; shade
[2] facial expression; look; appearance
[3] sensuality; desire for beauty; lust; lewdness; carnal pleasure
[4] worldly things
[5] a kind; sort
[6] Kangxi radical 139 (color)

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 色 (#139)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

色

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This word has been viewed 23869 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2009 01:03

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多色 do1 sik1 duo1 se4 = multicolor, multi-color

顏色 ngaan4 sik1 yan2 se4 = colour (UK); color (US)

出色 ceot1 sik1 chu1 se4 = outstanding

黃色 wong4 sik1 huang2 se4 = yellow colour ; erotic, pornographic

女色 neoi5 sik1 = womanly charms

粉紅色 fan2 hung4 sik1 fen3 hong2 se4 = pink

米色 mai5 sik1 = beige; cream-coloured

紅色 hung4 sik1 hong2 se4 = red

橙色 caang4*2 sik1 = orange (colour)

綠色 luk6 sik1 lv4 se4 = green

藍色 laam4 sik1 lan2 se4 = blue

紫色 zi2 sik1 zi3 se4 = purple; violet

黑色 haak1 sik1; hak1 sik1 hei1 se4 = black

白色 baak6 sik1 bai2 se4 = white

灰色 fui1 sik1 hui1 se4 = gray (US); grey (UK)

咖啡色 gaa3 fe1 sik1 ka1 fei1 se4 = brown

啡色 fe1 sik1 = brown 粵

青色 ceng1 sik1 qing1 se4 = [1] yellowish-green (Cantonese only); [2] blue-green

菜色 coi3 sik1 = to look famished or emaciated 國

彩色 coi2 sik1 cai3 se4 = colour (U.S.: color); multicoloured

色士風 sik1 si6 fung1 se4 shi4 feng1 = saxophone 粵

本色 bun2 sik1 ben3 shai3 = natural color

色水 sik1 seoi2 = colour (UK); color (US) 粵

奶白色 naai5 baak6 sik1 nai3 bai2 se4 = milky white, creamy white

淺色 cin2 sik1 qian3 se4 = light color

深色 sam1 sik1 shen1 se4 = dark, dark colored

有色人種 jau5 sik1 jan4 zung2 you3 se4 ren2 zhong3 = coloured race

五顏六色 ng5 ngaan4 luk6 sik1 = multi-coloured, colorful, motley

面色 min6 sik1 mian4 se4 = countenance, complexion 粵

桃色 tou4 sik1 = peach colour

色情狂 sik1 cing4 kong4 = abnormal sexual desires, nymphomania or satyriasis.

色情 sik1 cing4 se4 qing2 = erotic, pornographic

整色整水 zing2 sik1 zing2 seoi2 = put on an act 粵

染色 jim5 sik1 = to stain

染色劑 jim5 sik1 zai1 = stain

彩色蠟筆 coi2 sik1 laap6 bat1 cai3 se4 la4 bi3 = coloured crayon

顏色筆 ngaan4 sik1 bat1 = coloured pencil 粵

棕色 zung1 sik1 zong1 se4 = brown

褐色 hot3 sik1 he4 se4 = brown

角色 gok3 sik1 jiao3 se4 (Taiwan), jue2 se4 (PRC) = role

色彩 sik1 coi2 se4 cai3 = colouring; coloration; tiniting

神色 san4 sik1 shen2 se4 = expression; look

眼色 ngaan5 sik1 yan3 se4 = eye signals

有聲有色 jau5 seng1 jau5 sik1 you3 sheng1 you3 se4 = dazzling

景色 ging2 sik1 jing3 se4 = scenery; scene; landscape; view

以色列 ji5 sik1 lit6 yi3 se4 lie4 = Israel

天色 tin1 sik1 tian1 se4 = colour of the sky; time of the day; weather

特色 dak6 sik1 te4 se4 = distinguishing feature; quality; characteristic

上色 soeng5 sik1 = chromatically, tintage, variegation

氣色 hei3 sik1 qi4 se4 = complexion

色香味俱全 sik1 hoeng1 mei6 keoi1 cyun4 se4 xiang1 wei4 ju4 quan2 = mouthwatering

肉色 juk6 sik1 rou4 shai3 = flesh color, flesh colored

血色 hyut3 sik1 xue4 se4 (PRC), xie3 se4 (Taiwan) = sanguinity, blood-red color

銀色 ngan4 sik1 yin2 se4 = silveriness, the grade of silver in coins

古銅色 gu2 tung4 sik1 = bronze-colored

物色 mat6 sik1 wu4 se4 = scout about for; search for

貨色 fo3 sik1 = goods; rubbish

三色菫 saam1 sik1 gan2 = pansy

杏色 hang6 sik1 xing4 se4 = apricot colored

水彩顏色 seoi2 coi2 ngaan4 sik1 shui3 cai3 yan2 se4 = watercolors

茶色 caa4 sik1 cha2 se4 = dark brownish-green; dark brown; walnut

使眼色 sai2 ngaan5 sik1 = to wink (at somebody)

腳色 goek3 sik1 = a dramatic actor, a person of outstanding ability 粵

色拉油 sik1 laai1 jau4 se4 la1 you2 = salad oil

丟眼色 diu1 ngaan5 sik1 = to wink at

打眼色 daa2 ngaan5 sik1 = get the glad eye; to wink at someone 粵

勢色 sai3 sik1 shi4 se4 = situation; circumstances 粵

鼠灰色 syu2 fui1 sik1 = mouse color

鐵鏽色 tit3 sau3 sik1 tie3 xiu4 se4 = rust colored

金色 gam1 sik1 = gold colored, golden

卡其色 kaa1 kei4 sik1 = khaki colored

灰黑色 fui1 haak1 sik1 = charcoal gray/grey

青綠色 ceng1 luk6 sik1 qing1 lv4 se4 = cyan, lime green

鮮藍色 sin1 laam4 sik1 = light/peacock blue

鮮紅色 sin1 hung4 sik1 = bright red

螢光綠色 jing4 gwong1 luk6 sik1 ying2 guang1 lv4 se4 = fluorescent green

螢光黃色 jing4 gwong1 wong4 sik1 ying2 guang1 huang2 se4 = fluorescent yellow

檸檬黃色 ning4 mung4*1 wong4 sik1 ning2 meng2 huang2 se4 = lemon yellow

橙黃色 caang4*2 wong4 sik1 = pale orange color, gamboge

棗紅色 zou2 hung4 sik1 = plum colored

深藍色 sam1 laam4 sik1 = dark/navy blue

淺啡色 cin2 fe1 sik1 = light brown

粉黃色 fan2 wong4 sik1 fen3 huang2 se4 = pastel yellow

粉橙色 fan2 caang4*2 sik1 fen3 cheng2 se4 = peach colored

紫藍色 zi2 laam4 sik1 zi3 lan2 se4 = violet color

淺灰色 cin2 fui1 sik1 = light gray/grey, French gray/grey

深灰色 sam1 fui1 sik1 = dark gray/grey, charcoal gray

三色紫羅蘭 saam1 sik1 zi2 lo4 laan4 san1 se4 zi3 luo2 lan2 = pansy (flower)

不動聲色 bat1 dung6 seng1 sik1 bu4 dong4 sheng1 se4 = to maintain one's composure; stay calm and collected; not turn a hair; not bat an eyelid 國

不露聲色 bat1 lou6 seng1 sik1 bu4 lu4 sheng1 se4 = not show one's feeling or intentions 國

乳白色 jyu5 baak6 sik1 ru3 bai2 se4 = milky white

染色體 jim5 sik1 tai2 ran3 se4 ti3 = chromosome

帶紅色 daai3 hung4 sik1 dai4 hong2 se4 = reddish

暗褐色的 am3 hot3 sik1 dik1 an3 he2 se4 de5 = [adj] dun 國

暗褐色 am3 hot3 sik1 an3 he2 se4 = [n] dun

暗色 am3 sik1 an4 se4 = [n] dark colors

天藍色 tin1 laam4 sik1 tian1 lan2 se4 = azure

變色龍 bin3 sik1 lung4 bian4 se4 long2 = chameleon

呈綠色的 cing4 luk6 sik1 dik1 = greenish 國

淺黃色 cin2 wong4 sik1 qian3 huang2 se4 = buff; pale yellow

好色 hou3 sik1 hao3 se4 = lewd, lustful, horny, to lust for women

藍色火焰 laam4 sik1 fo2 jim6 lan2 se4 huo3 yan4 = blue flame

彩色繽紛 coi2 sik1 ban1 fan1 cai3 se4 bin1 fen1 = [n] riot of color

色情小說 sik1 cing4 siu2 syut3 se4 qing2 xiao3 shuo1 = pornographic novel; dirty book

變成灰色 bin3 sing4 fui1 sik1 bian4 cheng2 hui1 se4 = [v] grizzle

木顏色筆 muk6 ngaan4 sik1 bat1 = coloured pencils

彩色鉛筆 coi2 sik1 jyun4 bat1 = coloured pencils

色情電影 sik1 cing4 din6 jing2 se4 qing2 dian4 ying3 = pornographic film; a skin flick

桃色雜誌 tou4 sik1 zaap6 zi3 tai2 se4 za2 zhi4 = pornographic magazine

桃色本 tou4 sik1 bun2 tai2 se4 ben3 = sex book

桃色文學 tou4 sik1 man4 hok6 tao2 se4 wen2 xue2 = pornography

色彩大師 sik1 coi2 daai6 si1 = a colourist, colorist

色情內容 sik1 cing4 noi6 jung4 = pornographic content

色情書刊 sik1 cing4 syu1 hon1/1*2 se4 qing2 shu1 kan1 = pornographic book / magazine

色情照片 sik1 cing4 ziu3 pin3*2 = pornographic images

色情網站 sik1 cing4 mong5 zaam6 = pornographic website

色弱 sik1 joek6 = color/colour weakness, color/colour blindness

色盲 sik1 maang4 se4 mang2 = color / colour blindness

甩色 lat1 sik1 = to fade (color, etc) 粵

綠色小巴 luk6 sik1 siu2 baa1 = green public light bus

綠色消費 luk6 sik1 siu1 fai3 = green consumption (i.e., conservation)

綠色產品 luk6 sik1 caan2 ban2 = a "green product" (i.e., conservation)

綠色的士 luk6 sik1 dik1 si6*2 = a green taxi (New Territories)

白色情人節 baak6 sik1 cing4 jan4 zit3 bai2 se4 qing2 ren2 jie2 = White Day (Japanese holiday)

色情業 sik1 cing4 jip6 se4 qing2 ye4 = the pornography industry

深啡色 sam1 fe1 sik1 = dark brown

貪色 taam1 sik1 = [v] to be given to sexual indulgence

貪女色 taam1 neoi5 sik1 = [v] to be given to sexual indulgence

淡色 taam5 sik1 = [n] light color, light colour

調色板 tiu4 sik1 baan2 = a palette (lit., "color blending board")

印色 jan3 sik1 = [n] stamp pad ink; ink used for seals

色情場所 sik1 cing4 coeng4 so2 = brothel 粵

姿色 zi1 sik1 zi1 se4 = [n] beauty (of women)

紅色炸彈 hung4 sik1 zaa3 daan6*2 hong2 se4 zha4 dan4 = a written (wedding) invitation (lit., "red bomb")

灰色地帶 fui1 sik1 dei6 daai3 = grey zone; grey area

褐色土 hot3 sik1 tou2 he2 se4 tu3 (Taiwan), he4 se4 tu3 (PRC) = drab soil

啞色 aa2 sik1 = without gloss, lacking lustre

打晒色 daa2 saai3 sik1 = to be the boss

打色 daa2 sik1 = to be the boss; to make a decision (also 打骰)

的色 dik1 sik1 = small size, tiny

的的色色 dik1 dik1 sik1 sik1 = small size, tiny

情色 cing4 sik1 = look, expression; literature with explicit content

黑色暴雨 haak1 sik1 bou6 jyu5 hei1 se4 bao4 yu3 = Black rainstorm signal (very heavy rain) [level 3]

紅色暴雨 hung4 sik1 bou6 jyu5 hong2 se4 bao4 yu3 = Red rainstorm signal (heavy rain) [level 2]

黃色暴雨 wong4 sik1 bou6 jyu5 huang2 se4 bao4 yu3 = Amber rainstorm signal (potential heavy rain) [level 1]

古色古香 gu2 sik1 gu2 hoeng1 gu3 se4 gu3 xiang1 = antique ; old style ; vintage

三分顏色上大紅 saam1 fan1 ngaan4 sik1 soeng5 daai6 hung4 = go beyond one's depth 粵

色素 sik1 sou3 se4 su4 = colour ; pigment

人造色素 jan4 zou6 sik1 sou3 ren2 zao4 se4 su4 = artificial colour

食用色素 sik6 jung6 sik1 sou3 shi2 yong4 se4 su4 = food colour

天然色素 tin1 jin4 sik1 sou3 tian1 ran2 se4 su4 = natural color

臉色 lim5 sik1 lian3 se4 = complexion; look

黑色幽默 hak1 sik1 jau1 mak6 hei1 se4 you1 mo4 = black humour

大驚失色 daai6 geng1 sat1 sik1 da4 jing1 shi1 se4 = to turn pale with fright

紅色假期 hung4 sik1 gaa3 kei4 hong2 se4 jia4 qi1 (PRC) ; hong2 se4 jia4 qi2 (Taiwan) = sunday and holidays vocation

色相 sik1 soeng3 se4 xiang4 = hue, color phase

染色甕 jim4 sik1 ung3 ran3 se4 weng4 = a dye vat

色盲症 sik1 maang4 zing3 se4 mang2 zheng4 = color blindness (typically only 色盲)

色迷 sik1 mai4 se4 mi2 = crazy about sex; lecherous; horny; a sex maniac

白飯加色 baak6 faan6 gaa1 sik1 = to add soy sauce to a bowl of white rice

幾分顏色上大紅 gei2 fan1 ngaan4 sik1 soeng5 daai6 hung4 = go beyond one's depth 粵

情色版 cing4 sik1 baan2 = an issue/section (printed matter) with explicit content

色膽 sik1 daam2 se4 dan3 = lust; desire for sex

褪色 tan3 sik1 tun4 se4 = to fade, discoloration

艷色 jim6 sik1 yan4 se4 = [adj] beauty, voluptuousness

紅色娘子軍 hung4 sik1 noeng4 zi2 gwan1 = Red Female Army

檸檬色 ning4 mung4*1 sik1 ning2 meng2 se4 = lemon yellow

重色輕友 cung5 sik1 hing1 jau5 zhong4 se4 qing1 you3 = describes a person who treats love interests better than friends

黃色片 wong4 sik1 pin3*2 huang2 se4 pian4 = pornographic film

音色 jam1 sik1 yin1 se4 = tone color, timbre, tone quality

遜色 seon3 sik1 xun4 se4 = inferior

迷彩色 mai4 coi2 sik1 mi2 cai3 se4 = camouflage color

不褪色的 bat1 tan3 sik1 dik1 bu4 tun4 se4 de5 = colorfast (said of textiles) 國

唔甩色嘅 m4 lat1 sik1 ge3 = colorfast (said of textiles) 粵

國色天香 gwok3 sik1 tin1 hoeng1 guo2 se4 tian1 xiang1 = a women of ethereal colour and heavenly fragrance; extremely beautiful

曙色 cyu5 sik1 shu3 se4 = light of dawn; light at daybreak; light of early dawn

暮色 mou6 sik1 mu4 se4 = twilight; dusk; the shades of evening

色誘 sik1 jau5 se4 you4 = to entice through (sexual) beauty; seduce

膚色 fu1 sik1 fu1 se4 = complexion of skin; color of skin

行色匆匆 hang4 sik1 cung1 cung1 xing2 se4 cong1 cong1 = be in haste to embark on a journey; be in a rush to go on a trip

黑色情人節 hak1 sik1 cing4 jan4 zit3 hei1 se4 qing2 ren2 jie2 = black Valentine's day, black day

補色 bou2 sik1 bu3 se4 = complementary color

縱情聲色 zung3 cing4 sing1 sik1 zong4 qing2 sheng1 se4 = let loose morally; indulge in debauchery

縱情酒色 zung3 cing4 zau3 sik1 zong4 qing2 jiu3 se4 = give free rein to wine and women; indulge in wine and sex

色迷心竅 sik1 mai4 sam1 hiu3 se4 mi2 xin1 qiao4 = be bewitched by sex; be entranced by sex

色別 sik1 bit6 se4 bie2 = colour specification

色差 sik1 caa1 se4 cha1 = chromatic aberration, component, color difference

色斑 sik1 baan1 se4 ban1 = dark spot

桃紅色 tou4 hung4 sik1 tao2 hong2 se4 = pink, peach color

玫紅色 mui4 hung4 sik1 mei2 hong2 se4 = rose

起色 hei2 sik1 qi3 se4 = get better; look better; improve

好色之徒 hou3 sik1 zi1 tou4 hao4 se4 zhi1 tu2 = a pervert; a sex maniac

三色台 saam1 sik1 toi4 san1 se4 tai2 = a nickname for TVB television station in Hong Kong

黑色星期五 hak1 sik1 sing1 kei4 ng5 hei1 se4 xing1 qi1 wu3 = Friday The 13th, black Friday

相形失色 soeng1 jing4 sat1 sik1 xiang1 xing2 shi1 se4 = to be outshone

花容失色 faa1 jung4 sat1 sik1 hua1 rong2 shi1 se4 = turn pale (as from fear)

平分秋色 ping4 fan1 cau1 sik1 ping2 fen1 qiu1 se4 = equally matched; go halves

桃色案件 tou4 sik1 on3 gin6*2 tao2 se4 an4 jian4 = crimes of passion

桃色新聞 tou4 sik1 san1 man4*2 tao2 se4 xin1 wen2 = news stories about love and sex

黃色小說 wong4 sik1 siu2 syut3 huang2 se4 xiao3 shuo1 = sexy novels

色狼 sik1 long4 se4 lang2 = sexual maniac, “wolf.”; a rapist

男色 naam4 sik1 nan2 se4 = sodomy; buggery

清一色 cing1 jat1 sik1 qing1 yi1 se4 = (mahjong) pure/flush hand

混一色 wan6 jat1 sik1 hun4 yi1 se4 = (mahjong) semi-pure/mixed flush hand

字一色 zi6 jat1 sik1 zi4 yi1 se4 = (mahjong) all honours hand [alternate]

露骨的色情 lou6 gwat1 dik1 sik1 cing4 = hardcore pornography

多腺染色體 do1 sin3 jim5 sik1 tai2 duo1 xian4 ran3 se4 ti3 = polytene chromosome

橙色戰劑 caang4*2 sik1 zin3 zai1 cheng2 se4 zhan4 ji4 = Agent Orange (powerful defoliant used in Vietnam War)

基因染色體異常 gei1 jan1 jim5 sik1 tai2 ji6 soeng4 ji1 yin1 ran3 se4 ti3 yi4 chang2 = genetic chromosome abnormality

染色酒精 jim5 sik1 zau2 zing1 ran3 se4 jiu3 jing1 = [化] methylated spirit

紙色層分析法 zi2 sik1 cang4 fan1 sik1 faat3 zhi3 se4 ceng2 fen1 xi1 fa3 = [化] paper chromatography

紙色層法 zi2 sik1 cang4 faat3 zhi3 se4 ceng2 fa3 = [化] paper chromatography

色層分析法 sik1 cang4 fan1 sik1 faat3 se4 ceng2 fen1 xi1 fa3 = [化] chromatography

色層法 sik1 cang4 faat3 se4 ceng2 fa3 = [化] chromatography

色層譜 sik1 cang4 pou2 se4 ceng2 pu3 = [化] chromatograms

百色 baak3 sik1 bo2 se4 = Bose

百色地區 baak3 sik1 dei6 keoi1 bo2 se4 di4 qu1 = Bose district (district in Guangxi)

以色列航空 ji5 sik1 lit6 hong4 hung1 = El Al Israel Airline Ltd.

以色列情報局 ji5 sik1 lit6 cing4 bou3 guk6*2 = Mossad

綠色和平 luk6 sik1 wo4 ping4 = Greenpeace

綠色和平組織 luk6 sik1 wo4 ping4 zou2 zik1 lv4 se4 he2 ping2 zu3 zhi1 = Greenpeace

白色體 baak6 sik1 tai2 bai2 se4 ti3 = leucoplast

白色恐怖 baak6 sik1 hung2 bou3 bai2 se4 kong3 bu4 = White Terror

阿肯色 aa3 hang2 sik1 a1 ken3 se4 = Arkansas

色厲內荏 sik1 lai6 noi6 jam5 se4 li4 nei4 ren3 = to look tough on the outside but actually be soft on the inside

虹彩異色症 hung4 coi2 ji6 sik1 zing3 hong2 cai3 yi4 se4 zheng4 = heterochromia

色胺酸 sik1 on1 syun1 se4 an4 suan1 = tryptophan

走色 zau2 sik1 = no sauce; don't add sauce 粵

巧言令色 haau2 jin4 ling6 sik1 qiao3 yan2 ling4 se4 = talk cleverly and act kind but lack sincerity

黯然失色 am2 jin4 sat1 sik1 an4 ran2 shi1 se4 = to be outshined

黯然無色 am2 jin4 mou4 sik1 an4 ran2 wu2 se4 = to lack colour and lustre in comparison to

色字頭上一把刀 sik1 zi6 tau4 soeng6 jat1 baa2 dou1 se4 zi4 tou2 shang4 yi1 ba3 dao1 = danger may lurk behind seduction from women

黑色安息日 haak1 sik1 on1 sik1 jat6 hei1 se4 an1 xi2 ri4 = Black Sabbath

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我有兩件白色衫粵
I have two white shirts

有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.

佢病到五顏六色粵
He is seriously ill.

她用橙色的蠟筆來畫太陽國
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
[來 here means "in order to" or "to". Marked as unsure: Can an editor please fix the jyutping?]

老虎的身上有很多黑棕色的條紋國
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.

「全民皆股」係香港嘅特色。粵
Everyone buying stocks is a characteristic of Hong Kong

噴泉前面有一隻好靚嘅黑色貓粵
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain.
[Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

天色不早。國
It's getting late.

佢淨係鍾意著紅色裙,冇得解嘅。粵
She only loves to wear red dresses, which can't be explained why.

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