加 jiā to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn 使用 shǐ yòng to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of syn 颜色 顏色 yán sè color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff syn 申请 申請 shēn qǐng to apply for sth / application form (CL:份[fen4]) syn 红色 紅色 hóng sè red (color) / revolutionary syn 蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 运 運 yùn to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate syn 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 着 著 zhé to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply syn 着 著 zhuó to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply 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 报名 報名 bào míng to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist 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 应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn 彩色 cǎi sè color / multicolored syn 加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn 实用 實用 shí yòng to apply in practice / practical / functional / pragmatic / applied (science) syn 付诸 付諸 fù zhū to apply to / to put into (practice etc) / to put to (a test, a vote etc) syn 报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn 应聘 應聘 yìng pìn to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position 予以 yǔ yǐ to give / to impose / to apply syn 应征 應徵 yìng zhēng to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement 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 生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically 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 涂抹 塗抹 tú mǒ to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate syn 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 花色 huā sè variety / design and color / suit (cards) syn 咖啡色 kā fēi sè coffee color / brown syn 浓妆艳抹 濃妝艷抹 nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom) / dressed to the nines and wearing makeup 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 沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn 失色 shī sè to lose color / to turn pale syn 画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) syn 酒色 jiǔ sè wine and women / color of wine / drunken expression 学以致用 學以致用 xué yǐ zhì yòng to study sth in order to apply it 鲜亮 鮮亮 xiān liang bright (color) / vivid syn 橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange 施肥 shī féi to spread manure / to apply fertilizer syn 套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) 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 习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise 原色 yuán sè primary color syn 黄褐色 黃褐色 huáng hè sè tan (color) / tawny 冷敷 lěng fū to apply a cold compress 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 热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress 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 投考 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position) 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) 外敷 wài fū to apply externally syn 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 申办 申辦 shēn bàn to apply for / to bid for 发白 發白 fā bái to turn pale / to lose color / to go white 申领 申領 shēn lǐng to apply (for license, visa etc) 活用 huó yòng to apply (knowledge etc) creatively and flexibly / to use a word flexibly (e.g. a noun as an adjective) syn 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 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat 设色 設色 shè sè to paint / to color syn 施治 shī zhì to apply a treatment / to undertake a therapy 