黃色
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See also: 黄色
Chinese
| yellow | colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (黃色) | 黃 | 色 | |
| simp. (黄色) | 黄 | 色 | |
Etymology
- “sexually obscene; pornographic”
- Ultimately from English yellow journalism (Huang and Chen, 2010).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wong4 sik1
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): uòng-sáik
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6waon-seq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huángsè
- Wade–Giles: huang2-sê4
- Yale: hwáng-sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangseh
- Palladius: хуансэ (xuansɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wong4 sik1
- Yale: wòhng sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: wong4 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: wong4 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔːŋ²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-set
- Hakka Romanization System: vongˇ sedˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vong2 sed5
- Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ set̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: vong sed
- Sinological IPA: /voŋ⁵⁵ set⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng-sáik
- Sinological IPA (key): /uoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ (s-)naiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g-sek
- Tâi-lô: n̂g-sik
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngseg
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g-siak
- Tâi-lô: n̂g-siak
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngsiag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûiⁿ-sek
- Tâi-lô: uînn-sik
- Phofsit Daibuun: vuiseg
- IPA (Yilan): /uĩ²⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ng5 sêg4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: n̂g sek
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
黃色
Adjective
黃色
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
| 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
- “Entry #9265”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黃 | 色 |
| き Jinmeiyō |
いろ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黃 | 色 |
| おう Jinmeiyō |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| goon | kan'on |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黃 | 色 |
| こう Jinmeiyō |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
| 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.) |
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 黃 | 色 |