灰色

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huīsè

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ sik¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fôi-set

(Meixian, Guangdong): foi¹ sêd⁵
Northern Min (KCR): hó-să̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): he-sek / hoe-sek / he-siak

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ sêg⁴ / hui¹ sêg⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹hue-seq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huīsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hueisè
  - Wade–Giles: hui¹-sê⁴
  - Yale: hwēi-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueiseh
  - Palladius: хуэйсэ (xuejsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui¹ sik¹
  - Yale: fūi sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôi-set
  - Hakka Romanization System: foi^ˊ sed^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: foi¹ sed⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /foi̯²⁴ set̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: foi¹ sêd⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /foɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sɛt̚¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hó-să̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo⁵⁴ sɛ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he-sek
  - Tâi-lô: he-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: heseg
  - IPA (Taipei): /he⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-sek
  - Tâi-lô: hue-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoeseg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he-siak
  - Tâi-lô: he-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hesiag
  - IPA (Philippines): /he³³ siak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê¹ sêg⁴ / hui¹ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue sek / hui sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ sek̚²/, /hui³³⁻²³ sek̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹hue-seq
  - MiniDict: hue^平 seh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hue-seq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵⁵ səʔ²¹/

Noun

灰色

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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		灰色
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	灰色
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	灰色
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	灰色兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	灰色兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	灰色
Cantonese	Hong Kong	灰色
Cantonese	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	灰色
Wu	Wenzhou	灰色

Derived terms

灰色技能 (huīsè jìnéng)
灰色收入 (huīsè shōurù)
銀灰色 / 银灰色
鐵灰色 / 铁灰色

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (灰色):

→ Korean: 회색(灰色) (hoesaek)

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

(Tokyo) はいいろ (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

gray (color), an ashen color
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
arousing doubt or suspicion of dishonesty or criminal activity

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいしょく (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

gray (color)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →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)

hanja form^? of 회색 (“grey (colour)”)

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
灰	色
ふぇー Grade: 6	いる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From 灰(ふぇー) (fē, “ash”) + 色(いる) (iru, “color”). Cognate with Japanese 灰色 (haiiro).

Noun

灰(ふぇー)色(いる) (fēiru)

gray (color), an ashen color

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[1]

灰色

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

References

Korean

Noun

Okinawan

Etymology

Noun

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia

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

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)	橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro), オレンジ (orenji); 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(わか)緑(みどり) (wakamidori)
水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro), シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の(の)羽(はね)色(いろ) (kamo no hane iro)	空(そら)色(いろ) (sorairo), 縹(はなだ) (hanada); 青(あお) (ao)	紺(こん)藍(あい) (kon'ai); 紺(こん) (kon)
菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo)	赤(あか)紫(むらさき) (akamurasaki), マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)	桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro), ピンク (pinku)