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Meaning of 色

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Polyphone (多音字)HSK 2
Total strokes: 6; Radical:
Ideographic:What a person desires
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Pinyin:
English Definition:color; Classifiers: ; look; appearance; sex
Chinese Definition:
①由物体发射、反射的光通过视觉而产生的印象:颜色。色彩。色相(xiàng)。色调(diào)。
②脸上表现出的神气、样子:脸色。气色。色厉内荏。
③情景,景象:行色匆匆。景色宜人。
④种类:各色用品。
⑤品质,质量:音色。成色。足色纹银。
⑥妇女美貌:姿色。色艺。
⑦情欲:色情。好(hào)色。

Example Words:
特色HSK 5 characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality
红色 hóng red (color); revolutionary
色彩HSK 5 cǎi tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
角色HSK 5 jué role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiao3 se4]
白色 bái white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
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Pinyin: shǎi
English Definition:color; dice
Chinese Definition:
①颜色——用于某些口语。[合]掉色;退色;永不变色。
②色子(即骰子)。赌具,小立方体,一般用骨头制成,六面分刻一、二、三、四、五、六点。[合]色数(色子;骰子)。
③另见sè。

Example Words:
本色 běn shǎi natural color
套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images
上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc); to dye (fabric etc); to stain (furniture etc)
色子 shǎi zi dice (used in gambling)
色酒 shǎi jiǔ colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
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Example Sentences
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I like the seven colors of the rainbow
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Which color do you like?
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The sky is blue.
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Yellow is my favorite color.
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I like white flowers.