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) 色 sè color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex syn 色 shǎi (coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3zi5] syn 黄色 黃色 huáng sè yellow / vulgar / lewd / pornographic syn 十足 shí zú ample / complete / hundred percent / a pure shade (of some color) syn 金色 jīn sè golden / gold (color) syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 紫色 zǐ sè purple / violet (color) syn 肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color 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) 橙色 chéng sè orange (color) syn 本色 běn shǎi natural color syn 彩色 cǎi sè color / multicolored syn 黄泉 黃泉 huáng quán the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell 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 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) 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 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 彩电 彩電 cǎi diàn color TV syn 金黄 金黃 jīn huáng golden yellow / golden 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 黄河 黃河 huáng hé Yellow River or Huang He 失色 shī sè to lose color / to turn pale syn 焦黄 焦黃 jiāo huáng sallow / yellow and withered / sickly syn 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 黄绿色 黃綠色 huáng lǜ sè yellow green 鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color) / vivid syn 黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) syn 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 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 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 黄牌 黃牌 huáng pái (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment 淡黄 淡黃 dàn huáng light yellow syn 原色 yuán sè primary color syn 黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny 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) 黄海 黃海 huáng hǎi Yellow Sea 黄酒 黃酒 huáng jiǔ "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) syn 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 黄斑 黃斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot 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 黄鹂 黃鸝 huáng lí yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) 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 黄页 黃頁 huáng yè Yellow Pages 金黄色 金黃色 jīn huáng sè gold color 黄帝 黃帝 huáng dì the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC 发白 發白 fā bái to turn pale / to lose color / to go white 蚩尤 chī yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 黄菊 黃菊 huáng jú yellow chrysanthemum / wine 西海 xī hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term) 刑天 xíng tiān Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 炎黄子孙 炎黃子孫 yán huáng zǐ sūn descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) syn 毛片 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color 橘色 jú sè orange (color) 黄绿 黃綠 huáng lǜ yellow-green 明丽 明麗 míng lì bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant syn 分色 fēn sè color separation 黄河流域 黃河流域 huáng hé liú yù the Yellow River basin 张角 張角 zhāng jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han 黄种人 黃種人 huáng zhǒng rén yellow man / Mongoloid (old term)