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颜色 yánsè

颜色 yánsè Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 颜色 yánsè .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yánsè | yan2 se4
English translation
color
CL:
>[gè]

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About 颜色 yánsè

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Traditional form

顏色

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 颜色 yánsè

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Yán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yàn represents the sound. Simplified form of yán .

Phonetic compound

yàn

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

彦页

Number of Strokes

15

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a kneeling person ( jié ) being held down by a knife ( Dāo ). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as . The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⺈巴

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 颜色 yánsè

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他们 tā men Néng 分辨 fēnbiàn shǎng Bǎi zhǒng 颜色 yánsè .

They can discriminate hundreds of colours.

Xīn shuā de 颜色 yánsè 较浅, 使 shǐ 原来 yuánlái 的漆显露 xiǎn lù 出来 chū lái .

The new color is lighter, and the old paint shows through.

妈妈 māma 看到头发 tóufa 染成这种 zhè zhǒng 颜色 yánsè huì 火冒三丈 huǒ mào sān zhàng de .

My mum'll have hysterics when she sees the colour of my hair.

Mǎn 园子 dōu zhāo 黄昏 huánghūn de 面纱 miàn shā , 更加 gèng jiā shǎng céng 神秘 shénmì de 颜色 yánsè .

Veiled in the twilight mists, the garden had an air of mystery.

颜色 yánsè shì 黄中 dài 绿 de .

The color is yellow inclining to green.

颜色 yánsè Decomposition

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颜色 yánsè Compounds

See all 14 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 颜色 yánsè in their composition.

  • Yán
      • yàn
      • jué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
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