國色

Chinese

		country; state; nation	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (國色)		國	色
simp. (国色)		国	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guósè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ sik¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷koq-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guósè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guósè
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-sê⁴
    • Yale: gwó-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwoseh
    • Palladius: госэ (gosɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ sik¹
    • Yale: gwok sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq-seq
    • MiniDict: koh^入 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

國色

1. most beautiful woman of a country; national beauty
2. peony

Derived terms

• 國色天香／国色天香 (guósètiānxiāng)
• 天香國色／天香国色 (tiānxiāngguósè)