食色性也

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

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• 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

1. To enjoy food and delight in sex is nature.