橙 chéng orange
How to remember 橙: 木 tree + 登 to rise = orange. The kids climb the tree in the garden to watch the sun rise and pick a juicy orange for breakfast.
Component breakdown
橙 = 木 tree + 登 to rise
- 木 tree
- 登 to rise
- 癶 legs
- 豆 bean
The kids climb the tree in the garden to watch the sun rise and pick a juicy orange for breakfast.
How it is used
- Bound morpheme for the orange (fruit and color); 橙子 chéngzi is the fruit, 橙色 chéngsè is the color.
- 橙子 has thicker, tighter-clinging skin than 橘子 júzi (tangerine) and is usually eaten cut into wedges rather than peeled by hand - the fruit distinction is real in Chinese even though English collapses both to "orange".
- When ordering juice or describing a color, 橙色 is the standard word for "orange", parallel to how 橘色 also exists but 橙色 is more common/neutral.
Words with 橙
Example sentences
- 她穿橙色的毛衣。 Tā chuān chéngsède máoyī.She is wearing an orange sweater.