黃色 (wong4 sik1 | huang2 se4) : yellow colour ; erotic, pornographic

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黃色

wong4 sik1

huang2 se4

[1] yellow colour
[2] erotic, pornographic, obscene, pertains to events or items associated with sex (orig. borrowed from “yellow journalism”, now used more widely) [粵]: 鹹濕

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,650,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

黃色 / 黄色

This word has been viewed 4699 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 21st Apr 2010 04:21

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Characters in this word:

黃 wong4 - yellow
色 sik1 - colour

10 compounds containing this word:

螢光黃色 - fluorescent yellow
檸檬黃色 - lemon yellow
橙黃色 - pale orange color, gamboge
粉黃色 - pastel yellow
淺黃色 - buff; pale yellow
黃色暴雨 - Amber rainstorm signal (potential heavy rain) [level 1]
黃色片 - pornographic film
黃色小說 - sexy novels
Common Formations:
黃色暴雨警告 - rainstorm amber warning
黃色火焰 - yellow flame

Showing 1 example containing 黃色

黃色襯紫色好唔好睇呀？
Yellow and purple match, does it look good?

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Decimal representation of this word: 黃色

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