주색

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕusʰɛk̚] ~ [t͡ɕusʰe̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [주색/주섹]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jusaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jusaeg
McCune–Reischauer?	chusaek
Yale Romanization?	cwusayk

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 酒色, from 酒 (“alcohol”) + 色 (“beauty, sex”).

Noun

주색 • (jusaek) (hanja 酒色)

1. alcohol and beautiful women; drinking and womanizing

   주색에 빠져 패가망신했다.

   Jusaeg-e ppajeo paegamangsin-haetda.

   He indulged in drinking and sex and ruined himself.

   • 1812, “Song 247”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:

     酒(쥬)色(ᄉᆡᆨ)을 삼가란 말이 녯사ᄅᆞᆷ의 警(경)誡(계)로되 / 踏(답)靑(쳥) 登(등)高(고)節(졀)에 벗님네 ᄃᆞ리고 詩(시)句(구)를 읇흘 제 滿(만)樽(쥰)香(향)醪(료)를 아니 醉(취)코 어이 ᄒᆞ며 / 旅(녀)館(관)에 寒(한)燈(등)을 對(ᄃᆡ)ᄒᆞ여 獨(독)不(불)眠(면)ᄒᆞᆯ 적의 玉(옥)人(인)을 만나 아니 자고 어이 ᄒᆞ리

     jyusaeg-eul samgaran mar-i nyetsaram-ui gyeonggye-rodoe / dapchyeong deunggojyeor-e beonnim-ne darigo sigu-reul eulpeul je manjyunhyangnyo-reul ani chwiko eoi hamyeo / nyeogwan-e handeung-eul daehayeo dokbulmyeonhal jeog-ui ogin-eul manna ani jago eoi hari

     Though it is the warning of the old to refrain from women and wine / when I recite poems with my friends on the Double Third and Double Ninth, with a gobletful of fragrant wine about, what could I do if not get drunk / and when I face the cold lamps at some inn—alone unable to sleep—and I meet a jade-like beauty then, what could I do if not sleep with her?

Derived terms

• 주색잡기(酒色雜技) (jusaekjapgi)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 主 (“lord, primary”) + 色 (“color”).

Noun

주색 • (jusaek) (hanja 主色)

1. main color, dominant color

   이 그림의 주색은 황색이다.

   I geurim-ui jusaeg-eun hwangsaeg-ida.

   The main color of this painting is yellow.

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 朱色 (“vermilion”).

Noun

주색 • (jusaek) (hanja 朱色)

1. vermilion (color)