銀色

Chinese

		silver; money	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (銀色)		銀	色
simp. (银色)		银	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínsè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ sik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûn-sek / gûn-siak / gîn-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínsè
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-sê⁴
  - Yale: yín-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynseh
  - Palladius: иньсэ (inʹsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngan⁴ sik¹
  - Yale: ngàhn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-sek
  - Tâi-lô: gûn-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gunseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-siak
  - Tâi-lô: gûn-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gunsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-sek
  - Tâi-lô: gîn-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ginseg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

Noun

銀色

silver colour

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	色
ぎん Grade: 3	いろ Grade: 2
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Etymology

銀(ぎん) (gin, “silver”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎんいろ [gìń'író] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩɰ̃iɾo̞]

Noun

銀(ぎん)色(いろ) • (gin'iro)

silver (color)
- 1943, 海野十三, 南太平洋科學風土記‎^[1], 青空文庫:
  
  飛魚(とびうを)の體(からだ)は銀色(ぎんいろ)に光(ひか)つてまるで砥(と)ぎ澄(す)ましたナイフを投付(なげつ)けたやうに見(み)える。
  Tobiuo no karada wa gin'iro ni hikatte marude togisumashita naifu o nagetsuketa yō ni mieru.
  The flying fish’s bodies shone silver and looked just like well-honed knives being thrown.