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Jyutping sik6 sik1
Pinyin shí sè

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. food and sex
  2. appetite and lust
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Hokkien
    to dye; to color
    (syn.) 上色, 染色
  2. verb, Hokkien
    to absorb colors (of cloth, etc.)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    食色性也(孔子)。
    食色性也(孔子)。
    shí sè xìng yě ( kǒng zǐ )。
    • Desire for food and sex is part of human nature.