Chinese edit

grey; ash
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (灰色)
simp. #(灰色)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

灰色

  1. gray (color)
    你們灰色毛衣現貨 [MSC, trad.]
    你们灰色毛衣现货 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐmen yǒu huīsè tào tóu máoyī de xiànhuò ma? [Pinyin]
    Have you any grey pullovers in stock?

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

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

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
はい
Grade: 6
いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From (はい) (hai, ash) + (いろ) (iro, color).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はい)(いろ) (haiiroはひいろ (fafiiro)?

  1. gray (color), an ashen color
  2. sad, pessimistic, gloomy
    Antonym: 薔薇色 (barairo)
    灰色(はいいろ)人生(じんせい)
    haiiro no jinsei
    a sad life
  3. arousing doubt or suspicion of dishonesty or criminal activity
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 6
しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) いしょく [kàíshókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠iɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

(かい)(しょく) (kaishokuくわいしよく (kwaisyoku)?

  1. gray (color)

See also edit

Colors in Japanese · (いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
     (しろ) (shiro)      (はい)(いろ) (haiiro),
(ねずみ)(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)
     (くろ) (kuro)
             (あか) (aka); (しん)() (shinku),
クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
(べに)(いろ) (beniiro),
(くれない)(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
(あかね)(いろ) (akaneiro)
             オレンジ (orenji),
(だいだい)(いろ) (daidaiiro); (ちゃ)(いろ) (chairo),
(かっ)(しょく) (kasshoku)
             ()(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
             ()(みどり) (kimidori)              (みどり) (midori),
(あお) (ao) (dated)
             若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
             シアン (shian); (かも)羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              (みず)(いろ) (mizuiro)              (あお) (ao)
             (すみれ)(いろ) (sumireiro); (あい)(いろ) (aiiro),
インジゴ (injigo)
             マゼンタ (mazenta),
赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); (むらさき) (murasaki)
             ピンク (pinku),
(もも)(いろ) (momoiro)

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

灰色 (hoesaek) (hangeul 회색)

  1. Hanja form? of 회색 (grey (colour)).