(yán sè) - colour, hue in Mandarin

yánsè

Traditional: 顏色

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Translation

colour, hue

Word origin

A compound of 颜 (yán, face, countenance) and 色 (sè, colour, appearance), originally describing the colour of a person's face and later broadening to colour in general.

Origin: compound
Root: 颜 (yán, face) + 色 (sè, colour)

Stroke order

颜

色

Examples

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What colour do you like?

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The colour of this dress is very pretty.

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The colour of the sky has changed.

红hóng笔bǐ。

She bought a red pen.

配pèi。

These two colours go well together.

颜色 (yán sè) means colour. It is the everyday word for the hue of an object and covers the full range of colours.

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This word is part of lesson 35.