起色

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
trad. (起色)		起	色
simp. ^#(起色)		起	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐsè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): khí-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiseh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: hei² sik¹
  - Yale: héi sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² xig¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    喜色
    起色
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-sek
  - Tâi-lô: khí-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyseg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/

Noun

起色

improvement (from a bad state); turn for the better

Synonyms

突破 (tūpò)
轉機／转机 (zhuǎnjī)

Derived terms

有起色

漸有起色／渐有起色

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