Basics 4 - Colors
Vocabulary
| 颜色 | yánsè | color |
| | | | 黑 | hēi | black |
| 白 | bái | white |
| 灰 | huī | grey |
| | | | 橘子 | júzi | orange (fruit) |
| 橙 | chéng | orange |
| 黄 | huáng | yellow |
| 绿 | lǜ | green |
| 蓝 | lán | blue |
| 紫 | zǐ | purple |
| 咖啡色 | kāfēisè | brown |
| 褐 | hè | brown |
| | | | 红 | hóng | red |
| 粉红 | fěnhóng | pink |
| 鲜红 | xíanhóng | scarlet |
| | | | 深 | shēn | dark |
| 浅 | qían | light (pale) |
| | | | | huáng tóng | brass |
| | huáng jīn | gold |
| | huáng yóu | butter |
| | huáng guā | cucumber |
| | huáng hé | Yellow River (Huang He) |
| | | | | bái ǎi xīng | white dwarf (star) |
| | bái jīn | platinum |
| | Bái é luó sī | Belarus |
| | bái è | chalk |
| | Bái gōng | White House |
| | Bái jīn hàn gōng | Buckingham Palace |
| | bái lìng hǎi | Bering Sea |
| | bái qí | white flag |
| | bái zì | wrongly written character |
| | bái shǔ | sweet potato |
| | | | | hēi méi zi | blackberry |
| | Hēi shān | Montenegro |
| | hēi shì | black market |
| | hēi bǎn | blackboard |
| | Hēi gé ěr | Hegel (philosopher) |
| | Hēi lóng jiāng | Heilongjiang (province, river) |
| | | | | Hóng Hǎi | Red Sea |
| | hóng qí | red flag |
| | hóng shí zì huǐ | Red Cross |
| | hóng jù xīng | red giant (star) |
| | hóng yí | red shift (astronomy) |
| | hóng bǎo shí | ruby |
| | hóng luó bó | carrot |
| | hóng shǔ | sweet potato |
| | hóng wài | infrared (ray) |
| | | | | lǜ sōng shí | turquoise (gem) |
| | lǜ bǎo shí | emerald |
| | lǜ chá | green tea |
| | lǜ zhōu | oasis |
| | lǜlánsè | turquoise (color) |
| | | | | lán bǎo shí | sapphire |
| | lán tú | blueprint |
Using the color word by itself is perfectly okay: |
黑頭髮
紅頭髮的人
那張紙白
這本書紅 |
hēi tóufà
hóng tóufàde ren
Nèizhāng zhǐ bái.
Zhèiběn shū hóng. |
black hair
redhead
That paper is white.
This book is red.
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But it is more common to append the suffix de, or yansede, which makes it clear that the color refers back to the topic of the sentence: |
的
顏色
紅
紅的
紅顏色
紅顏色的
藍
藍的
藍顏色
藍顏色的
甚麼顏色?
這是甚麼顏色?
這是藍顏色。
這是藍的。
黃的汽車
白色襪子
綠的腳踏車
綠顏色的汽車
褐顏色的鞋
藍顏色的腳踏車
這本書是紅的。
這本書是紅顏色的。
這是一個紅色的書。
這是一個白色的書。
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de
yánsè
hóng
hóngde
hóng yánsè
hóng yánsède
lán
lánde
lán yánsè
lán yánsède
Shénme yánsè?
Zhè shì shénme yánsè?
Zhè shì lán yánsé.
Zhè shì lánde.
huángde gìchē
báisè wàzi
lùde jiǎotàchē
lùyánsède gìchē
hèyánsède xíe
lányánsède jiǎotàchē
Zhèiběn shū shì hóngde.
Zhèiběn shū shì hóngyánsède.
Zhè shì yīgè hóngsède shū.
Zhè shì yīgè báisède shū. |
particle word
color
red
red
red color
red-colored
blue
blue
blue color
blue-colored
What color?
What color is this?
This is blue.
This is blue.
yellow car
brown socks
green bicycle
green car
brown shoes
blue bicycle
This book is red.
This book is red.
This is a red book.
This is a white book. |
If you use kafei to mean brown, be sure to always add se to it: |
咖啡
咖啡色 |
kāfēi
kāfēisè |
coffee
coffee-colored (brown) |