黃色

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

  (Pinyin): huángsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ sik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vòng-set

  (Hailu, HRS): vong sed

• Eastern Min (BUC): uòng-sáik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): n̂g-sek / n̂g-siak / ûiⁿ-sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ng⁵ sêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶waon-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángsè
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-sê⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangseh
    • Palladius: хуансэ (xuansɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˇ sed^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vong² sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ set̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: vong sed
    • Sinological IPA: /voŋ⁵⁵ set⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng-sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶waon-seq
    • MiniDict: waon^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² səʔ⁴⁴/

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

• 土黃色／土黄色
• 米黃色／米黄色
• 金黃色／金黄色 (jīnhuángsè)
• 鵝黃色／鹅黄色
• 黃色刊物／黄色刊物
• 黃色小說／黄色小说 (huángsè xiǎoshuō)
• 黃色工會／黄色工会 (huángsè gōnghuì)
• 黃色文學／黄色文学
• 黃色新聞／黄色新闻
• 黃色炸藥／黄色炸药 (huángsè zhàyào)
• 黃色電影／黄色电影 (huángsè diànyǐng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (黃色):

• → Japanese: 黄(おう)色(しょく) (ōshoku)
• → Korean: 황색(黃色) (hwangsaek)

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

• “Entry #9265”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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.

【黄色きいろ】 [adjective] yellow [noun] yellow 【黄色おうしょく】 [noun] yellow 【黄色こうしょく】 [noun] yellow

(This term, 黃色, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
黃	色

Noun

黃色 • (hwangsaek) (hangeul 황색)

1. hanja form^? of 황색 (“yellow (colour)”)