"臉色" meaning in Chinese

See 臉色 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /liːm¹³ sɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /lie⁵³ saʔ²/ [Jin, Taiyuan, Sinological-IPA, dated] Forms: 脸色 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 臉色
  1. complexion; colour of the face
    Sense id: en-臉色-zh-noun-bUnThper Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Face Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Face: 65 35
  2. facial expression; look (on someone's face)
    Sense id: en-臉色-zh-noun-qUPCBokY Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 臉色有異, 脸色有异
Synonyms: 氣色 (qìsè), 气色 (qìsè), 臉相 (liǎnxiàng), 脸相 (liǎnxiàng), 面神 [Hokkien], 面色 (miànsè), 情態 (qíngtài) [literary], 情态 (qíngtài) [literary], 目頭 [Hokkien], 目头 [Hokkien], 神情 (shénqíng), 神態 (shéntài), 神态 (shéntài), 神色 (shénsè), 表情 (biǎoqíng), 面昌 [Hokkien]
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