灰色

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Chinese

grey; ash
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (灰色) 灰 色
simp. #(灰色) 灰 色

Pronunciation

Noun

灰色

  1. gray (color)
    你們有灰色套頭毛衣的現貨嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    你们有灰色套头毛衣的现货吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐmen yǒu huīsè tào tóu máoyī de xiànhuò ma?
    Have you any grey pullovers in stock?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 灰色 (“grey”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 灰色
Mandarin Taiwan 灰色
Yantai (Muping) 灰色兒
Luoyang 灰色兒
Guiyang 灰色
Singapore 灰色
Cantonese Hong Kong 灰色
Singapore (Guangfu) 灰色
Hakka Meixian 灰色
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 灰色
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 灰色
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 灰色
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 灰色
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 灰色
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 火灰色
Huizhou Jixi 灰色
Northern Min Jian'ou 灰色
Southern Min Xiamen 殕色, 火烌色
Quanzhou 殕色, 火烌色
Zhangzhou 殕色, 火烌色
Taipei 鳥鼠仔色, 殕色
New Taipei (Sanxia) 殕色
Kaohsiung 鳥鼠仔色, 殕色
Changhua (Lukang) 鳥鼠仔色
Taichung 鳥鼠仔色
Tainan 鳥鼠仔色
Kinmen 殕色
Penghu (Magong) 殕色
Penang (Hokkien) 火烌色
Singapore (Hokkien) 火烌色
Manila (Hokkien) 火烌色
Batam (Teochew) 火烌色
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 灰色
Wu Wenzhou 灰色

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (layout · text)
     白色      灰色      黑色
             紅色／红色, 赤色; 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色, 大紅／大红              橙色; 棕色, 褐色              黃色／黄色; 奶油色
             青檸色／青柠色              綠色／绿色             
             青色; 深青色              湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色              藍色／蓝色
             紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色; 靛色              洋紅色／洋红色; 紫色              粉紅色／粉红色

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
灰 色
はい
Grade: 6 		いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 灰(はい) (hai, “ash”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

Noun

灰(はい)色(いろ) • (haiiro) ←はひいろ (fafiiro)?

  1. gray (color), an ashen color
  2. sad, pessimistic, gloomy
    Antonym: 薔薇色 (barairo)
    灰色(はいいろ)の人生(じんせい)
    haiiro no jinsei
    a sad life
  3. arousing doubt or suspicion of dishonesty or criminal activity
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
灰 色
かい
Grade: 6 		しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

灰(かい)色(しょく) • (kaishoku) ←くわいしよく (kwaisyoku)?

  1. gray (color)

See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
     白(しろ) (shiro)      灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro),
鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated) 		     黒(くろ) (kuro)
             赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku),
クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro),
紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro) 		             オレンジ (orenji),
橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo),
褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku) 		             黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
             黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)              緑(みどり) (midori),
青(あお) (ao) (dated) 		             若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
             シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro)              青(あお) (ao)
             菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro),
インジゴ (injigo) 		             マゼンタ (mazenta),
赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki) 		             ピンク (pinku),
桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
灰色

Noun

灰色 • (hoesaek) (hangeul 회색)

  1. Hanja form? of 회색 (“grey (colour)”).
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