# 茶色
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chásè
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^4$ sik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chásè
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chásè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^2$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: chá-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charseh
*** Palladius: часэ (časɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^4$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: chàh sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^4$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^4$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː²¹ sɪk̚⁵/

### Noun

茶色
* the colour of tea leaves or tea infusion (often as an indicator of tea quality)
* a reddish brown colour resembling that of concentrated tea infusions

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棕色, 褐色, 咖啡色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棕色 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 褐色, 棕色 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 棕色 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 棕色 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 駝色 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 咖啡色 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鼻煙色 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 咖啡色, 丘色 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 咖啡色 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 咖啡色 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 咖啡色, 栗殼色, 枯茶色 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咖啡色, 啡色, 豬肝色, 茶色 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啡色, 咖啡色, 茶色 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 啡色 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 豬肝色 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 咖啡色 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 咖啡色 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 豬肝色 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 豬肝色 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 豬肝色 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 豬肝色 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 豬肝色 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豬肝色 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 豬肝色 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 棕色 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 棕色 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 棕色 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 塗色, 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 咖啡色 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 可可, coklat |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 咖啡色, 赤色 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 咖啡色, 赤色 dated |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 豬肝色, 赤色 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 赤色 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 啡色 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 豬肝色, 咖啡色 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 咖啡色 |
| Wu | Danyang | 咖啡色 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 豬肝色 |

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 차색(茶色) (chasaek)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 茶 | 色 |
| ちゃ Grade: 2 | いろ Grade: 2 |
| jūbakoyomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕa̠iɾo̞]

### Noun

茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) • (chairo)
* brown

#### Related terms

* (adjective) 茶色(ちゃいろ)い (chairoi)

### See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text) :
| 白(しろ) (shiro) | 灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro), 鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated) | 黒(くろ) (kuro) |
| 赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro), 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro), 茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro) | オレンジ (orenji), 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo), 褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku) | 黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro) |
| 黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori) | 緑(みどり) (midori), 青(あお) (ao) (dated) | 若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori) |
| シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro) | 水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro) | 青(あお) (ao) |
| 菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo) | マゼンタ (mazenta), 赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki) | ピンク (pinku), 桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro) |

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 茶 | 色 |

### Noun

茶色 • (chasaek) (hangeul 차색)
* hanja form of 차색 (“tea color; brown color”)