黃色

See also: 黄色

Chinese
yellow
 
color; dice; look
color; dice; look; appearance
trad. (黃色) 黃 色
simp. (黄色) 黄 色

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

Pronunciation

Noun

黃色

  1. yellow

Adjective

黃色

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

Derived terms

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

See also
Colors in Chinese · 顏色 (layout · text)
     白色      灰色      黑色
             紅色, 赤色; 緋紅色, 豔紅色, 大紅              橙色; 棕色, 褐色              黃色; 奶油色
             青檸色              綠色             
             青色; 深青色              湛藍色, 蔚藍色, 天藍色              藍色
             紫羅蘭色; 靛色              洋紅色; 紫色              粉紅色

Further reading

Japanese
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 an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Korean
Hanja in this term
黃色

Noun

黃色 • (hwangsaek) (hangeul 황색)

  1. Hanja form? of 황색 (“yellow (colour)”).
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