颜色
yánsèTraditional: 颜色
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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.
红笔。
She bought a red pen.
配。
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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