颜
色

Color in Chinese: 颜色 (yán sè)

yán sè

color

HSK 2Traditional: 顏色2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1color
  2. 2countenance
  3. 3appearance
  4. 4facial expression
  5. 5pigment
  6. 6dyestuff

Stroke order

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颜
色

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄢˊ

yán

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄙㄜˋ

sè

ㄙ/ sㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

颜色

Simplified

顏色

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 颜色深了些。

    yán sè shēn le xiē。

    The colour is a bit too dark.

  • 有多少种颜色？

    yǒu duō shǎo zhǒng yán sè？

    How many colors are there?

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Related words

色

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

彩色

cǎi sè

color

特色

tè sè

characteristic

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