颜色/顏色 yánsè — colour

Meanings

1. 1

   colour

   Colour. Individual colours are usually named with 色 attached — 红色, 黑色 — and 什么颜色 is the standard way to ask which colour something is.

   noun

Example sentences

• 你喜欢什么颜色？/你喜歡什麼顏色？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) shénme (second tone, rising) yánsè? (second tone, rising)···

  What colour do you like?

• 我最喜欢的颜色是红色。/我最喜歡的顏色是紅色。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuì (fourth tone, falling) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) yánsè (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) hóngsè. (second tone, rising)···

  My favourite colour is red.

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