酒色

Chinese

		alcohol	womanly beauty
trad. (酒色)		酒	色
simp. ^#(酒色)		酒	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔsè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusè
  - Wade–Giles: chiu³-sê⁴
  - Yale: jyǒu-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeouseh
  - Palladius: цзюсэ (czjusɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tsjuwX srik

Rime
Character	酒	色
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子酉切	所力切
Baxter	tsjuwX	srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨu^X/	/ʃɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siu^X/	/ʃɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siəu^X/	/ʃiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suw^X/	/ʂik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siu^X/	/ʃiək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəu^X/	/ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ə̯u^X/	/ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau²	sik¹

Noun

酒色

alcohol and beautiful women; drinking and womanizing
沈湎酒色／沉湎酒色 ― chénmiǎn jiǔsè ― to abandon oneself to sensual pleasures (particularly sex and alcohol)
(obsolete) tipsy feeling
- 令有酒色，因遙問“傖父欲食䴵不？姓何等？可共語。”褚因舉手答曰：“河南褚季野。” [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  令有酒色，因遥问“伧父欲食饼不？姓何等？可共语。”褚因举手答曰：“河南褚季野。” [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE
  Lìng yǒu jiǔsè, yīn yáo wèn “cāngfǔ yù shí bǐng fǒu? Xìng héděng? Kě gòngyǔ.” Chǔ yīn jǔshǒu dá yuē: “Hénán Chǔ Jìyě.” [Pinyin]
  Shen, who was slightly tipsy, therefore called out from a distance, “Hey! You northerner! Would you like to eat some pies? What's your name? Let's get together and talk!” Chu thereupon raised his hand and replied “I’m Chu Pou from Henan.”

Derived terms

酒色財氣 / 酒色财气 (jiǔsècáiqì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (酒色):

→ Japanese: 酒(しゅ)色(しょく) (shushoku)
→ Korean: 주색(酒色) (jusaek)
→ Vietnamese: tửu sắc (酒色)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酒	色
しゅ Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 酒色 (tsjuw^X srik)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅしょく [shùshókú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̥ɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

酒(しゅ)色(しょく) • (shushoku)

alcohol and beautiful women; drinking and womanizing

Korean

Hanja in this term
酒	色

Noun

酒色 • (jusaek) (hangeul 주색)

hanja form^? of 주색 (“alcohol and beautiful women; drinking and womanizing”)