桃色

桃色

Chinese

		peach	color; dice; look color; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (桃色)		桃	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táosè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ sik¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): to⁵ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táosè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táosè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²-sê⁴
    • Yale: táu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurseh
    • Palladius: таосэ (taosɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táorsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊㄦ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táorsè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻaorh²-sê⁴
    • Yale: táur-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurlseh
    • Palladius: таорсэ (taorsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: tòuh sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thô sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Noun

桃色

1. peach colour; pink colour
2. (figurative) illicit love; gossip; sex

Derived terms

桃色案件 桃色新聞／桃色新闻

桃色糾紛／桃色纠纷

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Japanese

桃色 (momoiro) Two shades of peach pink.

Kanji in this term
桃	色
もも Grade: S	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 桃 (momo, “peach”) +‎ 色 (iro, “color”).[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ももいろ [mòmóíró] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞mo̞iɾo̞]

Noun

桃(もも)色(いろ) • (momoiro) 

1. (color, slightly dated) pink; peach

Synonyms

• ピーチ (pīchi)
• ピンク (pinku)

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); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)	ピンク (pinku), 桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN