食色性也

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	also; too
trad. (食色性也)		食	色	性	也
simp. ^#(食色性也)		食	色	性	也

Etymology

From Mencius.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shísèxìngyě

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄝˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ sik¹ sing³ jaa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shísèxìngyě
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄝˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhsèsìngyě
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-sê⁴-hsing⁴-yeh³
  - Yale: shŕ-sè-syìng-yě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrsehshinqyee
  - Palladius: шисэсинъе (šisɛsinʺje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik⁶ sik¹ sing³ jaa⁵
  - Yale: sihk sīk sing yáh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ sik⁷ sing³ jaa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ xig¹ xing³ ya⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² sɪk̚⁵ sɪŋ³³ jaː¹³/

Phrase

食色性也

To enjoy food and delight in sex is nature.

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