保護色

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Chinese

		to protect; to safeguard; to conserve to protect; to safeguard; to conserve; to preserve	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (保護色)		保護	色
simp. (保护色)		保护	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎohùsè

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wu⁶ sik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-hō͘-sek / pó-hō͘-siak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎohùsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎohùsè
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-hu⁴-sê⁴
  - Yale: bǎu-hù-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baohuhseh
  - Palladius: баохусэ (baoxusɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² wu⁶ sik¹
  - Yale: bóu wuh sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wu⁶ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² wu⁶ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wuː²² sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-hō͘-sek
  - Tâi-lô: pó-hōo-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'hoxseg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-hō͘-siak
  - Tâi-lô: pó-hōo-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poy'hoxsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹⁻²² siak̚⁵/

Noun

保護色

(biology) camouflage (resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection)
(figurative) disguise

Synonyms

(disguise): 偽裝／伪装 (wěizhuāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	護	色
ほ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 5	しょく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

保護色

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほごしょく (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

保(ほ)護(ご)色(しょく) • (hogoshoku) ^{←ほごしよく (fogosyoku)^?}

color or pattern that aids in camouflage; camouflage

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
保	護	色

Noun

保護色 • (bohosaek) (hangeul 보호색)

hanja form^? of 보호색

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