蔚蓝 wèilán azure
azure; sky-blue
How to remember 蔚蓝: 蔚 thick + 蓝 blue = azure.
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How it is used
- A vivid literary word for azure/sky-blue - 蔚蓝的天空 (wèilán de tiānkōng) the azure sky; 蔚蓝的大海 (wèilán de dàhǎi) the deep blue sea.
- Descriptive/literary register, reserved for sky and sea; you wouldn't call a blue shirt 蔚蓝.
- For an ordinary blue thing use 蓝色 (lánsè).