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色 (sik1) — sensuality; desire for beauty; lust; lewdness; carnal pleasure in Cantonese

sikˉ¹色
Mandarin Pinyin: se4

Meaning of 色

nounsensuality; desire for beauty; lust; lewdness; carnal pleasure
nounKangxi radical 139 (color)
nounfacial expression; look; appearance
nouncolour; tint; tinge; hue; shade
nouna kind; sort
nounworldly things
nounlust

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Example Sentences with 色

天色不早。
It's getting late.
有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.
我有兩件白色衫
I have two white shirts
佢病到五顏六色
He is seriously ill.
taaˉ¹她jungˍ₆用caangˊ²橙sikˉ¹色dikˉ¹的laapˍ₆蠟batˉ¹筆loiˎ₄來waakˍ₆畫taai˗₃太joengˎ₄陽
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
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Words Containing 色

紫藍色zi2 laam4 sik1
violet color
藍色laam4 sik1
blue
卡其色kaa1 kei4 sik1
khaki colored
使眼色sai2 ngaan5 sik1
to wink (at somebody)
有色人種jau5 sik1 jan4 zung2
coloured race; non-white people
色差sik1 caa1
chromatic aberration, component, color difference
整色整水zing2 sik1 zing2 seoi2
shortened form: 整色水 | [華] 裝模作樣
混一色wan6 jat1 sik1
(mahjong) semi-pure/mixed flush hand, a hand consisting of sets from only one suit, the winds and the dragons
色情影片sik1 cing4 jing2 pin2
pornographic film
情色版cing4 sik1 baan2
an issue/section (printed matter) with explicit content
白色baak6 sik1
white
桃紅色tou4 hung4 sik1
pink, peach color

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