桃色

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táosè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ sik¹
• Southern Min (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: tʻao²-ʼrh-sê⁴
    • Yale: táur-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurlseh
    • Palladius: таорсэ (taorsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: tòuh sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: to⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thô sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 桃色

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

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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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”).

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