Colors

26 Vocabulary
亮liàng
HSK 4Frequency 1,691Radical 亠Verb · Adjective

bright

clear

resonant

to shine

to show

to reveal

彩色cǎi sè
HSK 5Frequency 7,894Radical 彡Adjective

color

multicolored

Classifier: 种
暗àn
HSK 5Frequency 2,594Radical 日Traditional 晻Adjective · Adverb
àn

variant of 暗

àn

dark

to turn dark

secret; hidden

(literary) confused; ignorant

àn

(literary) to close (a door)

to eclipse

confused; ignorant (variant of 暗)

dark (variant of 暗)

橙chéng
HSK 6Frequency 11,208Radical 木Adjective

orange tree

orange (color)

浅jiān
HSK 5Frequency 5,099Radical 氵Traditional 淺Adjective · Adverb
jiān

sound of moving water

qiǎn

shallow

light (color)

深shēn
HSK 4Frequency 1,014Radical 氵Traditional 㴱Adjective · Adverb
shēn

old variant of 深

shēn

deep (lit. and fig.)

Antonyms浅
灰huī
HSK 5Frequency 2,914Radical 火Noun · Adjective

ash

dust

lime

gray

discouraged; dejected

灰色huī sè
HSK 5Frequency 6,466Radical 火Noun

gray

ash gray

grizzly

pessimistic

gloomy

dispirited

ambiguous

白Bái
HSK 5Frequency 930Radical 白Adjective · Noun · Adverb · Verb
Bái

surname Bai

bái

white

snowy

pure

bright

empty

blank

plain

clear

to make clear

in vain

gratuitous

free of charge

reactionary

anti-communist

funeral

to stare coldly

to write wrong character

to state

to explain

vernacular

spoken lines in opera

白色bái sè
HSK 2Frequency 2,643Radical 白Noun

white

fig. reactionary

anti-communist

粉fěn
HSK 6Frequency 2,506Radical 米Noun · Adjective

powder

cosmetic face powder

food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour

to turn to powder

(dialect) to whitewash

white

pink

(suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝)

to be a fan of

粉色fěn sè
HSK 6Frequency 6,437Radical 米Noun

pink

white

erotic

beautiful woman

powdered (with make-up)

紫zǐ
HSK 5Frequency 6,061Radical 糸Adjective

purple

violet

红Hóng
HSK 5Frequency 794Radical 纟Traditional 紅Adjective · Verb
Hóng

surname Hong

hóng

red

popular

revolutionary

bonus

红色hóng sè
HSK 2Frequency 2,146Radical 纟Traditional 紅色Noun

red (color)

revolutionary

绿lǜ
HSK 2Frequency 2,608Radical 纟Traditional 綠Adjective

green

(slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

绿色lǜ sè
HSK 2Frequency 2,383Radical 纟Traditional 綠色Noun

green

蓝Lán
HSK 3Frequency 1,615Radical 艹Traditional 藍Adjective
Lán

surname Lan

lán

blue

indigo plant

蓝色lán sè
HSK 2Frequency 2,892Radical 艹Traditional 藍色Noun

blue (color)

金Jīn
HSK 3Frequency 828Radical 金Adjective · Noun · Other
Jīn

surname Jin

surname Kim (Korean)

Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

jīn

gold

chemical element Au

generic term for lustrous and ductile metals

money

golden

highly respected

one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音

银yín
HSK 6Frequency 2,564Radical 钅Traditional 銀Adjective · Noun

silver

silver-colored

relating to money or currency

颜色yán sè
HSK 2Frequency 1,880Radical 页Traditional 顏色Noun

color

countenance

appearance

facial expression

pigment

dyestuff

黄Huáng
HSK 6Frequency 1,809Radical 黄Traditional 黃Noun · Adjective
Huáng

surname Huang or Hwang

huáng

yellow

pornographic

to fall through

黄色huáng sè
HSK 3Frequency 4,243Radical 黄Traditional 黃色Noun

yellow (color)

pornographic

黑Hēi
HSK 5Frequency 724Radical 黑Adjective
Hēi

abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江

hēi

black

dark

sinister

secret

shady

illegal

to hide (sth) away

to vilify

(loanword) to hack (computing)

黑色hēi sè
HSK 2Frequency 2,362Radical 黑Noun

black