Rainbow in Chinese
rainbow · HSK 6
彩虹
- 彩 color
- 虹 rainbow
Counted with 道: 一道彩虹
雨后天上出现了彩虹。 A rainbow appeared in the sky after the rain.
More words with 彩 or 虹
How do you say rainbow in Chinese?
Rainbow in Chinese is 彩虹 (cǎi hóng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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