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色彩 sècǎi

色彩 sècǎi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 色彩 sècǎi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sècǎi | se4 cai3
English translation
tint
coloring
coloration
character

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Traditional form

色彩 sècǎi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 色彩 sècǎi

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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
cǎi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shān represents the meaning and cǎi represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

cǎi

Semantic compound

shān

Positional decomposition

采彡

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 色彩 sècǎi

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眯起眼睛 yǎnjing , kān zhāo 那些 nà xiē 色彩 sècǎi 鲜明 xiānmíng de 人影 Cóng 山上 Shān shàng Xiàng fēi jiàng .

He squinted at the brightly colored figures swooping toward him down the hill.

这些 zhè xiē 新式 xīn shì de 电视机 diàn shì jī de 色彩 sècǎi 调定,不必 bù bì lǎo dòng 控制 kòngzhì niǔ .

On the new television sets, the color is locked in so that you don't need to keep changing the control.

这个 zhè ge 家族 jiā zú de 家史 shǎng le 一层 yī céng 神秘 shénmì de 色彩 sècǎi .

The history of the family is cloaked in mystery.

室内 shì nèi 色彩 sècǎi jìng , 但是 dànshì pén pén de 鲜花 xiān huā ,使 shǐ 屋子 wūzi 大为 dà wéi 增色 zēng sè .

The room was quiet and neutral in colouring , but it was given accent by bowls of bright flowers.

棱镜 léng jìng guāng 分解 fēnjiě Chéng hóng de 各种 gè zhǒng 色彩 sècǎi .

The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.

色彩 sècǎi Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 色彩 sècǎi and their own compounds.

色彩 sècǎi Compounds

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

    • yàn
    • jué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
  • cǎi
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