美色

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
trad. (美色)		美	色
simp. ^#(美色)		美	色

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měisè

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄙㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): bí-sek

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): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤ⁵¹/
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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-sek
  - Tâi-lô: bí-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/

Noun

美色

good looks (usually of a woman); charms
1. beautiful woman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	色
び Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 美色 (mˠiɪ^X ʃɨk̚, literally “beauty + color”). Compare modern Cantonese reading mei⁵ sik¹.

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) びしょく [bìshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) びしょく [bíꜜshòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [bʲiɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

美(び)色(しょく) • (bishoku)

beautiful color
beauty (of personal appearance)

See also

Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美色

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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