女色

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (女色)		女	色
simp. #(女色)		女	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lír-siak / lú-sek / lí-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǚsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔsè
    • Wade–Giles: nü³-sê⁴
    • Yale: nyǔ-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuseh
    • Palladius: нюйсэ (njujsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ sik¹
    • Yale: néuih sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 女式 女色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír-siak
    • Tâi-lô: lír-siak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lú-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lwseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lí-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

女色

1. female charms
2. lust for women; lewdness

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (女色):

• → Japanese: 女色(じょしょく) (joshoku); 女色(にょしょく) (nyoshoku)
• → Korean: 여색(女色) (yeosaek)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	色
じょ Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
kan’on

Kanji in this term
女	色
にょ Grade: 1	しょく Grade: 2
goon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 女色 (MC nrjoX|nrjoH srik).

Noun

女(じょ)色(しょく) or 女(にょ)色(しょく) • (joshoku or nyoshoku) 

1. woman's beauty or charms
2. love affair with a woman
3. lust for women

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	色

Noun

女色 • (yeosaek) (hangeul 여색)

1. Hanja form^? of 여색 (“lust, carnal desire, coition; a woman's charms, a beautiful woman”).