# 藍色
## Chinese

* 藍色 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 藍 (Cantonese)
* 藍 (Gan)
* Làm-set (Hakka)
* Làng-sáik (Eastern Min)
* Lâm-sek (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lánsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): laam$^4$ sik$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làm-set
* Northern Min (KCR): lâng-să̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): làng-sáik
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-sek / lâm-siak / nâ-sek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): lam$^5$ sêg$^4$ / nam$^5$ sêg$^4$ / nang$^5$ sêg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$le-seq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lánsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lánsè
*** Wade–Giles: lan$^2$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: lán-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanseh
*** Palladius: ланьсэ (lanʹsɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /län³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$藍色／蓝色 蘭色／兰色
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laam$^4$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: làahm sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laam$^4$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lam$^4$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːm²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làm-set
*** Hakka Romanization System: lam$^ˇ$ sed$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lam$^2$ sed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /lam¹¹ set̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lâng-să̤
*** Sinological IPA : /laŋ³³ sɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: làng-sáik
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃aŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$naiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kinmen, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-sek
*** Tâi-lô: lâm-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lamseg
*** IPA (Kinmen): /lam²⁴⁻¹² siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Singapore): /lam²⁴⁻²¹ sek̚³²/
*** IPA (Penang): /lam²³⁻²¹ sek̚³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-siak
*** Tâi-lô: lâm-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lamsiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /lam²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ-sek
*** Tâi-lô: nâ-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naseg
*** IPA (Singapore): /na²⁴⁻²¹ sek̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Tainan): /nã²⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: lam$^5$ sêg$^4$ / nam$^5$ sêg$^4$ / nang$^5$ sêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm sek / nâm sek / nâng sek
*** Sinological IPA : /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/
* lam5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
* nam5 sêg4 - Shantou, Jieyang;
* nang5 sêg4 - Chenghai.

### Noun

藍色
* the color blue

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 남색(藍色) (namsaek)

#### 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 #12637”, 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 :
| 藍 | 色 |
| あい Grade: S | いろ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あいいろ [àííró] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠iːɾo̞]

### Noun

藍(あい)色(いろ) • (aiiro)
* indigo

### 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) |

### References

* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 藍 | 色 |

### Noun

藍色 • (namsaek) (hangeul 남색)
* hanja form of 남색 (“indigo”)