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

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
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    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

female charms
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)

woman's beauty or charms
love affair with a woman
lust for women

Korean

Hanja in this term
女	色

Noun

女色 • (yeosaek) (hangeul 여색)

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