"美色" meaning in Chinese

See 美色 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mei̯¹³ sɪk̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 美色
  1. good looks (usually of a woman); charms
    Sense id: en-美色-zh-noun-IHIPRFqo Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Appearance Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 48 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 1 1 Disambiguation of Appearance: 50 50
  2. good looks (usually of a woman); charms
    beautiful woman
    Sense id: en-美色-zh-noun-tkgE05hw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Appearance, Female Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 48 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 49 1 1 Disambiguation of Appearance: 50 50 Disambiguation of Female: 0 100
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      "zh_pron": "měisè"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄟˇ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mei⁵ sik¹"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "měisè"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mei³-sê⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "měi-sè"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "meeiseh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mɛjsɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мэйсэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/",
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    },
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      "zh_pron": "méih sīk"
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      "zh_pron": "méi⁵ xig¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "byseg"
    },
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      "ipa": "/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/",
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  "word": "美色"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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      "zh_pron": "měi-sè"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "meeiseh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mɛjsɛ",
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мэйсэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/",
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      "zh_pron": "méi⁵ xig¹"
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