而 ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) syn 比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison syn 颜色 顏色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items 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 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 对比 對比 duì bǐ to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL:個|个[ge4] 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) 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 对照 對照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check syn 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 陪衬 陪襯 péi chèn to serve as a foil / to set off / a foil / a contrast 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 比照 bǐ zhào according to / in the light of / contrast syn 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 映衬 映襯 yìng chèn to set off by contrast / antithesis / analogy parallelism (linguistics) syn 鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color) / vivid syn 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 反差 fǎn chā contrast / discrepancy 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 反观 反觀 fǎn guān by contrast / but as for this... / viewed from another angle / subjectively / introspection 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) 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 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 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) 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 色域 sè yù color gamut 全色 quán sè full color / in all colors 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 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 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 衬 襯 chèn (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially syn 烘 hōng to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast 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 