天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 色盲 sè máng color-blind / color blindness 彩扩 彩擴 cǎi kuò to enlarge color photos / color film processing 驼色 駝色 tuó sè light tan (color) / camel-hair color syn 着色 著色 zhuó sè to apply color / to color / to paint syn 色弱 sè ruò partial color blindness / color weakness 纯色 純色 chún sè pure color / solid color 橄榄绿 橄欖綠 gǎn lǎn lǜ olive-green (color) 竹筒 zhú tǒng bamboo tube / bamboo pipe 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo / bamboo pole 竹签 竹簽 zhú qiān bamboo skewer / bamboo slip used in divination or gambling syn 茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) 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 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 筱 xiǎo dwarf bamboo / thin bamboo syn 篝 gōu bamboo frame for drying clothes / bamboo cage 笕 筧 jiǎn bamboo conduit / water pipe of bamboo 篾 miè the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum) / a thin bamboo strip 篁 huáng (bamboo) / bamboo grove syn 箬 ruò (bamboo) / skin of bamboo syn 爿 pán classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect) 竹箍儿 竹箍兒 zhú gū r bamboo hoop / bamboo band 匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times 箮 xuān bamboo flower / flowering bamboo 篹 suǎn ancient bamboo basket for food / variant of 匴[suan3] / bamboo container for hats 湘妃竹 xiāng fēi zhú same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 青葱 青蔥 qīng cōng scallion / green onion / verdant / lush green syn 嫩绿 嫩綠 nèn lǜ tender green / soft green syn 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 青豆 qīng dòu green soybean / green peas 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 碧 bì green jade / bluish green / blue / jade syn 翠 cuì bluish-green / green jade syn 绿草如茵 綠草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn green grass like cushion (idiom) / green meadow so inviting to sleep on 青枣 青棗 qīng zǎo blue or green jujube / Chinese green date 碧草如茵 bì cǎo rú yīn green grass like cushion (idiom) / green meadow so inviting to sleep on 幽绿 幽綠 yōu lǜ moss green / dark sea green 红顶绿鸠 紅頂綠鳩 hóng dǐng lǜ jiū (bird species of China) whistling green pigeon / Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae) 绿皮车 綠皮車 lǜ pí chē green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century) 青绿 青綠 qīng lǜ lush green / dark green / turquoise syn 颜色 顏色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff syn 型号 型號 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article) / type (product specification in terms of color, size etc) 红色 紅色 hóng sè red (color) / revolutionary syn 蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 彩色 cǎi sè color / multicolored 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 彩电 彩電 cǎi diàn color TV syn 银色 銀色 yín sè silver (color) 浓厚 濃厚 nóng hòu dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color) syn 本色 běn shǎi natural 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 色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster syn 血色 xuè sè color (of one's skin, a sign of good health) / red of cheeks 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 肤色 膚色 fū sè skin color 音色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color syn 金黄色 金黃色 jīn huáng sè gold color 橙色 chéng sè orange (color) syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn 发白 發白 fā bái to turn pale / to lose color / to go white 五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored / every color under the sun syn 失色 shī sè to lose color / to turn pale syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 彩印 cǎi yìn color printing / abbr. for 彩色印刷[cai3 se4 yin4 shua1] 浅色 淺色 qiǎn sè light color 有声有色 有聲有色 yǒu shēng yǒu sè having sound and color (idiom) / vivid / dazzling syn 上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn 原色 yuán sè primary color syn 咖啡色 kā fēi sè coffee color / brown syn 紫红色 紫紅色 zǐ hóng sè red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret 鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color) / vivid syn 华彩 華彩 huá cǎi gorgeous / resplendent or rich color 毛色 máo sè (of an animal) appearance or color of coat 毛片 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color 脱色 脫色 tuō sè to lose color / to turn pale / to bleach / to fade syn 橘色 jú sè orange (color) 流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) 色度 sè dù saturation (color theory) 明丽 明麗 míng lì bright and beautiful / (of a landscape) gorgeous / (of a color) vibrant syn 分色 fēn sè color separation 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny 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 蜡染 蠟染 là rǎn batik (color printing on cloth using wax) 乳白 rǔ bái milky white / cream color 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 设色 設色 shè sè to paint / to color syn 真彩色 zhēn cǎi sè true color 彩画 彩畫 cǎi huà color painting 橘黄色 橘黃色 jú huáng sè tangerine yellow / saffron (color) 栗色 lì sè maroon (color) syn 