黃色

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Chinese

yellow
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (黃色)
simp. (黄色)
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Etymology

“sexually obscene; pornographic”
Ultimately from English yellow journalism (Huang and Chen, 2010).

Pronunciation


Noun

黃色

  1. yellow

Adjective

黃色

  1. yellow
  2. (attributive) pornographic
    黃色書籍黄色书籍  ―  huángsè shūjí  ―  pornographic books

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (黃色):

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

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
おう
Jinmeiyō
しょく
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
Kanji in this term
こう
Jinmeiyō
しょく
Grade: 2
kan’on
For pronunciation and definitions of 黃色 – see the following entry.
黄色きいろ
yellow
yellow
黄色おうしょく
yellow
黄色こうしょく
yellow
(This term, 黃色, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

黃色 (hwangsaek) (hangeul 황색)

  1. Hanja form? of 황색 (yellow (colour)).