脸
色

Complexion in Chinese: 脸色 (liǎn sè)

liǎn sè

complexion

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 臉色1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1complexion
  2. 2look

Stroke order

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脸
色

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄧㄢˇ

liǎn

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄙㄜˋ

sè

ㄙ/ sㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

脸色

Simplified

臉色

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 看他的脸色就知道他病了。

    kàn tā de liǎn sè jiù zhī dào tā bìng le。

    You can tell he's ill just from his complexion.

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Related words

脸

liǎn

face

色

sè

color

颜色

yán sè

color

出色

chū sè

remarkable

角色

jué sè

role

景色

jǐng sè

scenery

白色

bái sè

white

黑色

hēi sè

black

红色

hóng sè

red (color)

黄色

huáng sè

yellow (color)

蓝色

lán sè

blue (color)

绿色

lǜ sè

green

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