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颜色

yánsè
nounHSK 2

“Color” in Chinese is 颜色 (yánsè).

Meaning

  • color
  • countenance
  • appearance
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  • facial expression
  • pigment
  • dyestuff

Example

我喜欢绿颜色。

I like the green colour.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

种
used for colors
一种颜色 (one color)

Characters

yánHSK 215 strokescolorsèHSK 26 strokescolor

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Not to be confused with: 眼色 (yǎnsè, signal made with one's eyes)