颜色 yánsè color
How to remember 颜色: 颜 colour + 色 color = color.
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How it is used
- Color: 什么颜色? (shénme yánsè?) what color?; 颜色很漂亮 (yánsè hěn piàoliang) lovely color.
- 五颜六色 (wǔyán-liùsè) 'five colors six hues' = colorful/multicolored.
- Note 色 alone (sè) also means color and appears in 红色, 蓝色; 颜色 is the standalone noun.
Example sentences
- 你的车什么颜色？ Nǐ de chē shénme yánsè?What color is your car?
- 你喜欢什么颜色的气球？ Nǐ xǐhuan shénme yánsè de qìqiú?What color balloons do you like?
- 不同的颜色一眼就能区别出来。 Bùtóng de yánsè yīyǎn jiù néng qūbié chūlái.You can differentiate between different colors with one glance.