| 1 | 色彩 | 色彩 | sè cǎi | se4 cai3 | tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character | | |
| 2 | 彩色 | 彩色 | cǎi sè | cai3 se4 | color; multi-colored; Classifiers: 种 | | |
| 3 | 彩 | 彩 | cǎi | cai3 | (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize | | |
| 4 | 精彩 | 精彩 | jīng cǎi | jing1 cai3 | wonderful; marvelous; brilliant | | |
| 5 | 光彩 | 光彩 | guāng cǎi | guang1 cai3 | luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance | | |
| 6 | 丰富多彩 | 豐富多彩 | fēng fù duō cǎi | feng1 fu4 duo1 cai3 | richly colorful | | |
| 7 | 彩练 | 彩練 | cǎi liàn | cai3 lian4 | colored ribbon | | |
| 8 | 体彩 | 體彩 | tǐ cǎi | ti3 cai3 | sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. for 体育彩票 ) | | |
| 9 | 彩虹行动 | 彩虹行動 | cǎi hóng xíng dòng | cai3 hong2 xing2 dong4 | the two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and Operation Regenbogen, the scuttling of U-boats in 1945 | | |
| 10 | 福彩 | 福彩 | fú cǎi | fu2 cai3 | lottery run by China Welfare Lottery, a government agency that uses a portion of the money from ticket sales to fund welfare projects (abbr. for 福利彩票 ) | | |
| 11 | 彩礼 | 彩禮 | cǎi lǐ | cai3 li3 | betrothal gift; bride price | | |
| 12 | 彩虹 | 彩虹 | cǎi hóng | cai3 hong2 | rainbow; Classifiers: 道 | | |
| 13 | 中彩 | 中彩 | zhòng cǎi | zhong4 cai3 | to win a lottery | | |
| 14 | 彩绘 | 彩繪 | cǎi huì | cai3 hui4 | painted; colored painted-on designs | | |
| 15 | 彩鹮 | 彩䴉 | cǎi huán | cai3 huan2 | (bird species of China) glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) | | |
| 16 | 彩画 | 彩畫 | cǎi huà | cai3 hua4 | color painting | | |
| 17 | 彩铃 | 彩鈴 | cǎi líng | cai3 ling2 | caller ring-back tone (CRBT); ring-back tone (RBT) | | |
| 18 | 斑衣戏彩 | 斑衣戲彩 | bān yī xì cǎi | ban1 yi1 xi4 cai3 | to dress like a clown to amuse one's parents; theatrical costumes (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 彩鹳 | 彩鸛 | cǎi guàn | cai3 guan4 | (bird species of China) painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) | | |
| 20 | 彩蝶 | 彩蝶 | cǎi dié | cai3 die2 | Butterfly | | |
| 21 | 彩电视 | 彩電視 | cǎi diàn shì | cai3 dian4 shi4 | color TV | | |
| 22 | 彩弹 | 彩彈 | cǎi dàn | cai3 dan4 | painted eggshell; Easter egg; (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc); post-credits scene; paintball | | |
| 23 | 彩带 | 彩帶 | cǎi dài | cai3 dai4 | colored ribbon; streamer; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 24 | 彩超 | 彩超 | cǎi chāo | Cai3 Chao1 | Color Doppler Imaging (CDI) (medicine) | | |
| 25 | 彩蚌 | 彩蚌 | cǎi bàng | cai3 bang4 | painted shell; painting on shell | | |