秀色可餐

Chinese

	beautiful facial features	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	eat; meal
trad. (秀色可餐)	秀色	可	餐
simp. ^#(秀色可餐)	秀色	可	餐
Literally: “a beautiful countenance that can be eaten”.

From a line in the poem 《日出東南隅行》 by Lu Ji (陸機):

Xiān fū yī hé rùn, xiùsè ruò kě cān. [Pinyin]

Her skin, soft and tender, and her beauty, deliciously desirable.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiùsèkěcān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄙㄜˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄘㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siòusèkěcan
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-sê⁴-kʻo³-tsʻan¹
  - Yale: syòu-sè-kě-tsān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowsehkeetsan
  - Palladius: сюсэкэцань (sjusɛkɛcanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau³ sik¹ ho² caan¹
  - Yale: sau sīk hó chāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ sik⁷ ho² tsaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo³ xig¹ ho² can¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ sɪk̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siu³ sêg⁴ ko² cang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù sek khó tshang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sek̚²⁻⁴ kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰaŋ³³/

秀色可餐

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