颜色 顏色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff syn 红色 紅色 hóng sè red (color) / revolutionary syn 蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 色 sè color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex syn 十足 shí zú ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) syn 金色 jīn sè golden / gold (color) syn 紫色 zǐ sè purple / violet (color) syn 肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 银色 銀色 yín sè silver (color) 型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 橙色 chéng sè orange (color) syn 本色 běn shǎi natural color syn 彩色 cǎi sè color / multicolored syn 色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster syn 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 紫红色 紫紅色 zǐ hóng sè red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret 上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 音色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color syn 渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish syn 血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks 栗色 lì sè maroon (color) syn 浓厚 濃厚 nóng hòu dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color) syn 浅色 淺色 qiǎn sè light color 着色 著色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint syn 花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn 咖啡色 kā fēi sè coffee color / brown syn 彩电 彩電 cǎi diàn color TV syn 五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored / every color under the sun syn 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 失色 shī sè to lose color / to turn pale syn 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color) / vivid syn 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 毛色 máo sè (of an animal) appearance or color of coat 掉色 diào sè to lose color / to fade / also pr. [diao4 shai3] syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 原色 yuán sè primary color syn 黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 有声有色 有聲有色 yǒu shēng yǒu sè having sound and color (idiom) / vivid / dazzling syn 华彩 華彩 huá cǎi gorgeous / resplendent or rich color 流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) 乳白 rǔ bái milky white / cream color syn 彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting 黑炭 hēi tàn coal / charcoal / (of skin) darkly pigmented / charcoal (color) / bituminous coal (mining) 色度 sè dù saturation (color theory) 万紫千红 萬紫千紅 wàn zǐ qiān hóng thousands of purples and reds (idiom) / a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades syn 暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 彩印 cǎi yìn color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷[cai3 se4 yin4 shua1] 脱色 脫色 tuō sè to lose color / to turn pale / to bleach / to fade syn 蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 橘红 橘紅 jú hóng orange (color) / orange peel (used in TCM) 套印 tào yìn color printing using several overlaid images 套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images 橄榄绿 橄欖綠 gǎn lǎn lǜ olive-green (color) 驼色 駝色 tuó sè light tan (color) / camel-hair color syn 补色 補色 bǔ sè complementary color syn 金黄色 金黃色 jīn huáng sè gold color 发白 發白 fā bái to turn pale / to lose color / to go white 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 毛片 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color 橘色 jú sè orange (color) 明丽 明麗 míng lì bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant syn 分色 fēn sè color separation 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 设色 設色 shè sè to paint / to color syn 真彩色 zhēn cǎi sè true color 橘黄色 橘黃色 jú huáng sè tangerine yellow / saffron (color) 浅淡 淺淡 qiǎn dàn light (color) / pale / vague (feeling) 彩扩 彩擴 cǎi kuò to enlarge color photos / color film processing 彩超 cǎi chāo color Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine) 金红 金紅 jīn hóng reddish-gold (color) 色域 sè yù color gamut 全色 quán sè full color / in all colors 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 染 rǎn to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting syn 彩 cǎi (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 呈 chéng to present to a superior / memorial / petition / to present (a certain appearance) / to assume (a shape) / to be (a certain color) syn 浅 淺 qiǎn shallow / light (color) syn 采 採 cǎi color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3] syn 淡 dàn insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 橙 chéng orange tree / orange (color) syn 褪 tuì to take off (clothes) / to shed (feathers) / (of color) to fade / (fig.) (of emotions, awareness etc) to fade / Taiwan pr. [tun4] syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn