好色

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (好色)		好	色
simp. #(好色)		好	色

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hàosè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hau-set
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ-sek / hòⁿ-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàosè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàosè
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: hàu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawseh
    • Palladius: хаосэ (xaosɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ sik¹
    • Yale: hou sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hau-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: hau sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hau⁴ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hau̯⁵⁵ set̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-sek
    • Tâi-lô: hònn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvorseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-siak
    • Tâi-lô: hònn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvorsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/

Verb

好色

1. to be fond of women; to lust for women

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 好色 (“lecherous; fond of women”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好色
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		好色
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	好色, 色
	Harbin	花
	Singapore	色
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鹹濕, 生雞
	Hong Kong	鹹濕, 淫
	Taishan	鹹濕
	Dongguan	鹹濕
	Yangjiang	鹹濕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	鹹濕 outside the family, 扒灰 within the family
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	鹹濕
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	鹹濕
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鹹濕
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鹹濕
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	鹹濕
	Móng Cái	鹹濕 outside the family, 扒灰 within the family
Hakka	Meixian	花, 好色, 鹹濕
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	鹹濕, 豺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	痴哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬哥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	痴哥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	痴哥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	痴哥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬哥
	Senai (Hepo)	鹹濕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	草鞋
Southern Min	Xiamen	五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	豬哥
	Quanzhou	五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神
	Zhangzhou	五枝鬚, 臭臊神, 豬哥神, 𪁎哥, 𪁎, 貓神, 貓
	Taipei	痴哥
	Kaohsiung	不四鬼
	Yilan	豬哥, 痴哥
	Changhua (Lukang)	好色
	Taichung	風流
	Taichung (Wuqi)	好色
	Tainan	𪁎哥
	Taitung	豬哥
	Hsinchu	豬哥形
	Penghu (Magong)	𪁎哥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痴哥, 豬哥
	Manila (Hokkien)	五枝鬚, 愛查某
	Shantou	好色, 痴哥
	Singapore (Teochew)	痴哥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鹹濕

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎosè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎosè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎosè
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-sê⁴
    • Yale: hǎu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoseh
    • Palladius: хаосэ (xaosɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² sik¹
    • Yale: hóu sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 好色

1. (literary) charm; loveliness (of a woman)