Chinese vocabulary · 15 words
Colors in Chinese
The color words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 颜色yánsècolor
- 红色hóngsèred
- 黄色huángsèyellow
- 绿色lǜsègreen
- 蓝lánblue
- 紫zǐpurple; violet
- 黑色hēisèblack
- 白色báisèwhite
- 灰色huīsègray
- 棕色zōngsèbrown
- 粉fěnpink
- 银yínsilver
- 彩色cǎisècolor
- 浅qiǎnlight (of color)
- 深shēndark (of colors)
How do you say color in Chinese?
颜色 (yánsè). The most common color words are 红色 (hóngsè, red), 黄色 (huángsè, yellow), 绿色 (lǜsè, green).
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