# 黃色
## Chinese

* 黃色 (Written Standard Chinese)
* N̂g-sek (Southern Min)

### Etymology
#### “sexually obscene; pornographic”

    Ultimately from English yellow journalism (Huang and Chen, 2010).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huángsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$ sik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vòng-set
    (Hailu, HRS): vong sed
* Eastern Min (BUC): uòng-sáik
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): n̂g-sek / n̂g-siak / ûiⁿ-sek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ng$^5$ sêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$waon-seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huángsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huángsè
*** Wade–Giles: huang$^2$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: hwáng-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangseh
*** Palladius: хуансэ (xuansɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: wòhng sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng-set
*** Hakka Romanization System: vong$^ˇ$ sed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vong$^2$ sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹ set̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vong sed
*** Sinological IPA: /voŋ⁵⁵ set⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng-sáik
*** Sinological IPA : /uoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$naiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g-sek
*** Tâi-lô: n̂g-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngseg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g-siak
*** Tâi-lô: n̂g-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngsiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûiⁿ-sek
*** Tâi-lô: uînn-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: vuiseg
*** IPA (Yilan): /uĩ²⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ng$^5$ sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: n̂g sek
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$waon-seq
*** MiniDict: waon$^去$ seh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhuaan-seq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²² səʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

黃色
* yellow

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* 土黃色／土黄色
* 米黃色／米黄色
* 金黃色／金黄色 (jīnhuángsè)
* 鵝黃色／鹅黄色
* 黃色刊物／黄色刊物
* 黃色小說／黄色小说 (huángsè xiǎoshuō)
* 黃色工會／黄色工会 (huángsè gōnghuì)
* 黃色文學／黄色文学
* 黃色新聞／黄色新闻
* 黃色炸藥／黄色炸药 (huángsè zhàyào)
* 黃色電影／黄色电影 (huángsè diànyǐng)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 黄(おう)色(しょく) (ōshoku)
* → Korean: 황색(黃色) (hwangsaek)

### See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (layout · text) :
| 白色 | 灰色 | 黑色 |
| 紅色／红色, 赤色; 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色, 大紅／大红 | 橙色; 棕色, 褐色 | 黃色／黄色; 奶油色 |
| 青檸色／青柠色 | 綠色／绿色 | |
| 青色; 深青色 | 湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色 | 藍色／蓝色 |
| 紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色; 靛色 | 洋紅色／洋红色; 紫色 | 粉紅色／粉红色 |

### Further reading

* “Entry #9265”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 黃 | 色 |
| き Jinmeiyō | いろ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 黃 | 色 |
| おう Jinmeiyō | しょく Grade: 2 |
| goon | kan'on |
Kanji in this term :
| 黃 | 色 |
| こう Jinmeiyō | しょく Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
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 the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 黃 | 色 |

### Noun

黃色 • (hwangsaek) (hangeul 황색)
* hanja form of 황색 (“yellow (colour)”)