藍色

See also: 蓝色

Chinese

		blue; indigo plant; surname	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (藍色)		藍	色
simp. (蓝色)		蓝	色
2nd round simp.		兰色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lánsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làm-set
• Northern Min (KCR): lâng-să̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): làng-sáik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-sek / lâm-siak / nâ-sek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ sêg⁴ / nam⁵ sêg⁴ / nang⁵ sêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶le-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lánsè
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-sê⁴
    • Yale: lán-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanseh
    • Palladius: ланьсэ (lanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 藍色／蓝色 蘭色／兰色

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: làahm sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làm-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: lam^ˇ sed^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lam² sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lam¹¹ set̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lâng-să̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ³³ sɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: làng-sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃aŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamseg
    • IPA (Kinmen): /lam²⁴⁻¹² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /lam²⁴⁻²¹ sek̚³²/
    • IPA (Penang): /lam²³⁻²¹ sek̚³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-siak
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /lam²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ-sek
    • Tâi-lô: nâ-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naseg
    • IPA (Singapore): /na²⁴⁻²¹ sek̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Tainan): /nã²⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lam⁵ sêg⁴ / nam⁵ sêg⁴ / nang⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm sek / nâm sek / nâng sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/, /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/

Note:

• lam5 sêg4 - Chaozhou;
• nam5 sêg4 - Shantou, Jieyang;
• nang5 sêg4 - Chenghai.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶le-seq
    • MiniDict: le^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³le-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /le²² səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

藍色

1. the color blue

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (藍色):

• → Korean: 남색(藍色) (namsaek)

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (layout · text)

白色	灰色	黑色
紅色／红色, 赤色; 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色, 大紅／大红	橙色; 棕色, 褐色	黃色／黄色; 奶油色
青檸色／青柠色	綠色／绿色
青色; 深青色	湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色	藍色／蓝色
紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色; 靛色	洋紅色／洋红色; 紫色	粉紅色／粉红色

Further reading

• “Entry #12637”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藍	色
あい Grade: S	いろ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あいいろ [àííró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠iːɾo̞]

Noun

藍(あい)色(いろ) • (aiiro) ^{←あゐいろ (awiiro)?}

1. indigo

See also 藍

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)

Korean

Hanja in this term
藍	色

Noun

藍色 • (namsaek) (hangeul 남색)

1. hanja form^? of 남색 (“indigo”)