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Chinese
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yellow
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colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
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trad. (黃色)
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黃
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色
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simp. (黄色)
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黄
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色
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Etymology
- “sexually obscene; pornographic”
- Ultimately from English yellow journalism (Huang and Chen, 2010).
Pronunciation
Noun
黃色
- yellow
Adjective
黃色
- yellow
- (attributive) pornographic
- 黃色書籍/黄色书籍 ― huángsè shūjí ― pornographic books
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Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 黃色 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 黃色, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
黃色 • (hwangsaek) (hangeul 황색)
- Hanja form? of 황색 (“yellow (colour)”).