Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
color -colour -color
colour
→
General chinese:
色
pinyin:
sè
Detailed etymology
definitions
adjective
- (postpositive) -coloured; used after the name of a colour to form an adjective phrase for that colour
My tie is that yellow colour one.
usage notes
Used where the colour name alone is sufficient as an adjective in English, as in ‘the black colour car’ rather than ‘the black car’. Syntactically equivalent to English ‘-coloured’.