See also: 黄色

Chinese

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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黃色

  1. yellow

Adjective

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黃色

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (黃色):
  • Japanese: (おう)(しょく) (ōshoku)
  • Korean: 황색(黃色) (hwangsaek)

See also

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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

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Japanese

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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
[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

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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黃色 (hwangsaek) (hangeul 황색)

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