銀色

Chinese

		silver; money	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (銀色)		銀	色
simp. (银色)		银	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûn-sek / gûn-siak / gîn-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínsè
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-sê⁴
    • Yale: yín-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynseh
    • Palladius: иньсэ (inʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: ngàhn sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: gûn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡun²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûn-siak
    • Tâi-lô: gûn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gunsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡun²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gîn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: gîn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ginseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡin¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/

Noun

銀色

1. silver colour

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	色
ぎん Grade: 3	いろ Grade: 2
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Etymology

銀(ぎん) (gin, “silver”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎんいろ [gìń'író] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲĩɰ̃iɾo̞]

Noun

銀(ぎん)色(いろ) • (gin'iro) 

1. silver (color)
   • 1943, 海野十三, 南太平洋科學風土記‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     飛魚(とびうを)の體(からだ)は銀色(ぎんいろ)に光(ひか)つてまるで砥(と)ぎ澄(す)ましたナイフを投付(なげつ)けたやうに見(み)える。

     Tobiuo no karada wa gin'iro ni hikatte marude togisumashita naifu o nagetsuketa yō ni mieru.

     The flying fish’s bodies shone silver and looked just like well-honed knives being thrown.