灰色 huī sè gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous syn 珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (fig.) teardrop / tear syn 格雷 gé léi Grey / Gray 珠子 zhū zi pearl / bead / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky syn 珍珠港 zhēn zhū gǎng Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) 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 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn 脑髓 腦髓 nǎo suǐ brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla syn 灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn 银发 銀髮 yín fà silver hair / gray hair syn 明珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 灰白色 huī bái sè ash gray 深灰色 shēn huī sè dark gray syn 珠江 zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong) 苍苍 蒼蒼 cāng cāng ash gray / vast and hazy / flourishing syn 华发 華髮 huá fà (literary) gray hair syn 乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) syn 珠三角 zhū sān jiǎo Pearl River Delta 珠江三角洲 zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu Pearl River Delta (PRD) 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea 泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 坯布 pī bù unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth 璎珞 瓔珞 yīng luò jade or pearl necklace 火龙果 火龍果 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus) 耄耋 mào dié extremely aged / gray and venerable 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 灰 huī ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged / dejected syn 珠 zhū bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 玑 璣 jī (literary) baroque pearl / irregular pearl 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 褐 hè brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2] syn 珥 ěr pearl or jade earring syn 瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific 薏苡 yì yǐ Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi) / Chinese pearl barley 灵渠 靈渠 líng qú Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] to the Pearl River 珠江[Zhu1 jiang1] 綦 qí dark gray / superlative / variegated syn 骃 駰 yīn iron-gray (horse) 珧 yáo mother-of-pearl 灰鲸 灰鯨 huī jīng gray whale 珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair syn 白发苍苍 白髮蒼蒼 bái fà cāng cāng old and gray-haired syn 戈瑞 gē ruì gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) 駰 yīn iron-gray (as a horse) 蠙 bīn pearl-oyster 探骊得珠 探驪得珠 tàn lí dé zhū to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi) / fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation) / to see through to the nub 珠流璧转 珠流璧轉 zhū liú bì zhuǎn lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom) / fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities syn 老蚌生珠 lǎo bàng shēng zhū lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age 皓首苍颜 皓首蒼顏 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom) / decrepit old age 珠玑 珠璣 zhū jī (literary) pearl / gem / (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase / pearl of wisdom 灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray / gray and loathsome 璸 bīn (pearl) 无价珍珠 無價珍珠 wú jià zhēn zhū Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism) 玥 yuè pearl used in sacrifice 采珠人 採珠人 cǎi zhū rén The Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet 比才[Bi4 cai2] 智珠在握 zhì zhū zài wò lit. to hold the pearl of wisdom (idiom) / fig. to be endowed with extraordinary intelligence 东方明珠塔 東方明珠塔 dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ Oriental Pearl Tower 东方明珠电视塔 東方明珠電視塔 dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ Oriental Pearl Television Tower 泛珠江三角 fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong) 珍奶 zhēn nǎi abbr. for pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶 珠母 zhū mǔ mother-of-pearl 珠流 zhū liú fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads 马氏珍珠贝 馬氏珍珠貝 mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi pearl oyster (genus Pinctada) 虎门 虎門 hǔ mén the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇[Hu3 men2 Zhen4] 珍珠母 zhēn zhū mǔ mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM) 赛珍珠基金会 Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Inc., The 玭 pín pearl 𧏖 蠙 bīn pearl-oyster 珹 chéng a kind of jade / a kind of pearl 金句 jīn jù pearl of wisdom / quotable quote 灰领 灰領 huī lǐng gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer 长尾叶猴属 長尾葉猴屬 cháng wěi yè hóu shǔ Gray 格雷县 格雷縣 gé léi xiàn Gray 林负鼠属 林負鼠屬 lín fù shǔ shǔ Gray 駽 xuàn gray 椋鸟 椋鳥 liáng niǎo starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus) 暗灰色 àn huī sè dark gray 格雷氏解剖学 格雷氏解剖學 gé léi shì jiě pōu xué Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book) 浅黑 淺黑 qiǎn hēi dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented 灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 灰獴 huī měng gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) 灰赤杨 灰赤楊 huī chì yáng gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder 男人来自火星，女人来自金星 男人來自火星，女人來自金星 nán rén lái zì huǒ xīng , nǚ rén lái zì jīn xīng Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (book by John Gray) 髓脑 髓腦 suǐ nǎo brains / gray matter 灰水 huī shuǐ gray water 灰豹组织 灰豹組織 Gray Panthers 白衣苍狗 白衣蒼狗 bái yī cāng gǒu lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world 綥 qí dark gray / straw sandals 灰色地带 灰色地帶 huī sè dì dài gray area 苍眉蝗莺 蒼眉蝗鶯 cāng méi huáng yīng (bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus) 老三色 lǎo sān sè the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue 戈雷 gē léi gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) (Tw) 白云苍狗 白雲蒼狗 bái yún cāng gǒu lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world syn 奶奶灰 nǎi nai huī granny gray (hair color) 枪灰色 槍灰色 qiāng huī sè gunmetal gray 炮铜色 炮銅色 pào tóng sè gunmetal gray 