美色
Chinese
| beautiful; beauty; America | colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (美色) | 美 | 色 | |
| simp. #(美色) | 美 | 色 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: měisè
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měisè
- Wade–Giles: mei3-sê4
- Yale: měi-sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiseh
- Palladius: мэйсэ (mɛjsɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei5 sik1
- Yale: méih sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-sek
- Tâi-lô: bí-sik
- Phofsit Daibuun: byseg
- IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
美色
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 美 | 色 |
| び Grade: 3 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 美色 (mˠiɪX ʃɨk̚, literally “beauty + color”). Compare modern Cantonese reading mei5 sik1.
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) びしょく [bìshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) びしょく [bíꜜshòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [bʲiɕo̞kɯ̟]
Noun
美色 • (bishoku)
See also
- Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美色