绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 暗紫色 àn zǐ sè dark purple 紫砂 zǐ shā a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴[Yi2 xing1], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring 深色 shēn sè dark / dark colored 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 一团漆黑 一團漆黑 yī tuán qī hēi pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation syn 红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown 金红 金紅 jīn hóng reddish-gold (color) 莲雾 蓮霧 lián wù wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit) 赤褐色 chì hè sè russet / reddish brown 玮 瑋 wěi (reddish jade) / precious / rare syn 骍 騂 xīng horse (or cattle) of reddish color / bay horse 带红色 帶紅色 dài hóng sè reddish 棕红 棕紅 zōng hóng reddish brown 紫色 zǐ sè purple / violet (color) syn 紫红色 紫紅色 zǐ hóng sè red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret 紫晶 zǐ jīng amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide) 青紫 qīng zǐ purple 紫金山 zǐ jīn shān Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum 紫袍 zǐ páo purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 紫 zǐ purple / violet syn 檀 tán sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red syn 绛 絳 jiàng purple-red syn 绀 紺 gàn violet or purple 緅 zōu purple silk 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 紫金山天文台 zǐ jīn shān tiān wén tái Purple Mountain Observatory 参薯 參薯 shēn shǔ Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) 心里美萝卜 心裡美蘿蔔 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable 白苋紫茄 白莧紫茄 bái xiàn zǐ qié white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom) / common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle 紫气 紫氣 zǐ qì purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology) 紫菜苔 zǐ cài tái purple cabbage / Brassica campestris var. purpurea 葡萄紫 pú tao zǐ grayish purple color 紫甘蓝 紫甘藍 zǐ gān lán red cabbage / purple cabbage 草鹭 草鷺 cǎo lù (bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea) 千屈菜 qiān qū cài purple loosestrife 北椋鸟 北椋鳥 běi liáng niǎo (bird species of China) Daurian starling / purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus) 紫宽嘴鸫 紫寬嘴鶇 zǐ kuān zuǐ dōng (bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea) 紫色花蜜鸟 紫色花蜜鳥 zǐ sè huā mì niǎo (bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) 蓝枕花蜜鸟 藍枕花蜜鳥 lán zhěn huā mì niǎo (bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) 紫米 zǐ mǐ black rice / purple rice 黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness syn 黑马 黑馬 hēi mǎ dark horse / fig. unexpected winner syn 明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn 暗中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously syn 暗黑 àn hēi dark / dim 曙光 shǔ guāng the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning syn 深蓝 深藍 shēn lán dark blue syn 黑道 hēi dào dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs 阴暗 陰暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side) syn 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets syn 乌黑 烏黑 wū hēi jet-black / dark syn 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark / dusk syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 黝黑 yǒu hēi dark / black / suntanned syn 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 碧绿 碧綠 bì lǜ dark green syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 幽冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades 惨淡 慘淡 cǎn dàn dark / gloomy / dismal / by painstaking effort syn 阴云 陰雲 yīn yún dark cloud syn 殷红 殷紅 yān hóng dark red syn 蒙在鼓里 蒙在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark syn 黑斑 hēi bān dark spot or blotch on the skin 碧蓝 碧藍 bì lán dark blue syn 墨绿色 墨綠色 mò lǜ sè dark or deep green syn 摸黑 mō hēi to grope about in the dark 晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy syn 阴沉沉 陰沉沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood) syn 墨绿 墨綠 mò lǜ dark green / forest green syn 黑糊糊 hēi hū hū black / dark / dusky / indistinct syn 茶色 chá sè dark brown / tawny syn 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn 阴暗面 陰暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc) syn 深绿 深綠 shēn lǜ dark green syn 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 黑旋风 黑旋風 hēi xuàn fēng Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion 酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 深棕色 shēn zōng sè dark brown 阴湿 陰濕 yīn shī dark and moist syn 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn 黑灯瞎火 黑燈瞎火 hēi dēng xiā huǒ pitch dark syn 漆黑一团 漆黑一團 qī hēi yī tuán pitch-black / (fig.) to be completely in the dark syn 黑茶 hēi chá dark tea, a variety of fermented tea (e.g. Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2]) 黑 hēi black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) syn 黑黢黢 hēi qū qū pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 黑不溜秋 hēi bù liū qiū dark and swarthy syn 阴面 陰面 yīn miàn shady side / dark side 黑咕隆咚 hēi gu lōng dōng pitch-black / pitch-dark syn 暗 闇 àn (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]) / dark (variant of 暗[an4]) syn 茶褐色 chá hè sè dark brown / tawny syn 黎 lí (literary) black / dark / many / multitude 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 殷 yān dark red syn 