保護色

Chinese

		to protect; to safeguard; to conserve to protect; to safeguard; to conserve; to preserve	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (保護色)		保護	色
simp. (保护色)		保护	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎohùsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wu⁶ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó-hō͘-sek / pó-hō͘-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎohùsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄏㄨˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎohùsè
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-hu⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-hù-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baohuhseh
    • Palladius: баохусэ (baoxusɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² wu⁶ sik¹
    • Yale: bóu wuh sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wu⁶ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² wu⁶ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wuː²² sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-hō͘-sek
    • Tâi-lô: pó-hōo-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'hoxseg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-hō͘-siak
    • Tâi-lô: pó-hōo-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy'hoxsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹⁻²² siak̚⁵/

Noun

保護色

1. (biology) camouflage (resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection)
2. (figurative) disguise

Synonyms

• (disguise): 偽裝／伪装 (wěizhuāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	護	色
ほ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 5	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほご​しょく [hògóꜜshòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɡo̞ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

保(ほ)護(ご)色(しょく) • (hogoshoku) ^{←ほごしよく (fogosyoku)?}

1. color or pattern that aids in camouflage; camouflage