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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.color
五颜六色
multicoloured
红色
red
黑色
black
synonym
- 2
n.scene; scenery; view
湖光山色
a landscape of lakes and mountains
暮色
twilight
景色
scenery
- 3
n.carnal pleasure; sexual desire/drive; lust
色情
pornography
他没有色胆。
He has no unbridled lust.
我不好色。
I'm not nasty.
- 4
n.kind; description; sort; type
货色
goods
这里有各色各样的人。
There are all kinds of people here.
- 5
n.expression; countenance; look
他和颜悦色。
He is kind and pleasant countenance.
他面露愠色。
He looks angry.
他满面喜色。
He is beaming with joy.
- 6
n.quality (of precious metals, goods, etc.)
成色不足
impure
- 7
n.feminine charms; woman's good looks; woman's beauty
她色艺双绝。
She is superb.
国色
national beauty
Words and phrases with 色
- 色迷[word]lecher
- 色谱仪[word]chromatograph
- 色浆[word]mill base
- 色釉[word]colored glaze
- 色泽[word]color and luster
- 色斑[word]stain
- 色温[word]colour temperature
- 色纱[word]dyed yarn
- 色相[word]outward appearance of things; feminine charms
- 色艺绝伦[idiom]unparalleled both in beauty and art
- 色胆包天[idiom]be unscrupulous in seeking carnal pleasure
- 色厉内荏[idiom]strong on the outside but weak inside
- 色艳桃李[idiom]as beautiful as flowers
- 色授魂与[idiom]beauty yields and passion quickens
- 色衰爱弛[idiom]Love goes as beauty withers.
- 色色俱全[idiom]All sorts of things are kept in stock.
- 色艺双绝[idiom]Both charm and art are at their height .
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "sè", it is in the literary language, which refers to color, such as "彩色" and "色差"; when pronounced as "shǎi", it is in the spoken language, which is used alone or in a few sentences when refers to color, such as "掉色".
- NoteWhen "熟" is pronounced as "shú ", it is in the literary language. When pronounced as "shóu", it is in the spoken language,These two pronunciations both can be used for commonly used words.
- common measure word"色" is often matched with measure word "种".
一种色
one kind of color