墨色
Chinese
| ink | color | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (墨色) |
墨 | 色 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mòsè
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄙㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mòsè
- Wade–Giles: mo4-sê4
- Yale: mwò-sè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohseh
- Palladius: мосэ (mosɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mak6 sik1
- Yale: mahk sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mak9 sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: meg6 xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐk̚² sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
墨色
- the color of ink
- 亦不著月日，惟墨色字體不一，知非一時所書。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1918, Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary, translated by Wikisource
- Yì bù zhù yuèrì, wéi mòsè zìtǐ bùyī, zhī fēi yīshí suǒ shū. [Pinyin]
- Furthermore, he did not include any dates. It was only by the differences in ink color and penmanship that one would know that it was not all written at the same time.
亦不著月日，惟墨色字体不一，知非一时所书。 [MSC, simp.]
Adjective
墨色
- inky; dark
- 俄頃風定雲墨色，秋天漠漠向昏黑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Du Fu (712–770), 《茅屋為秋風所破歌》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
- Éqǐng fēng dìng yún mòsè, qiūtiān mòmò xiàng hūnhēi. [Pinyin]
- Shortly the gale subsides and clouds turn dark as ink, the autumn skies are shrouded and in darkness sink.
俄顷风定云墨色，秋天漠漠向昏黑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]