Colors

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

bright

clear

resonant

to shine

to show

to reveal

彩色cǎi sè
HSK 5Frequency 7,894Radical Adjective

color

multicolored

Classifier:
àn
HSK 5Frequency 2,594Radical Traditional 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)

chéng
HSK 6Frequency 11,208Radical Adjective

orange tree

orange (color)

jiān
HSK 5Frequency 5,099Radical Traditional Adjective · Adverb
jiān

sound of moving water

qiǎn

shallow

light (color)

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

old variant of 深

shēn

deep (lit. and fig.)

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

ash

dust

lime

gray

discouraged; dejected

灰色huī sè
HSK 5Frequency 6,466Radical Noun

gray

ash gray

grizzly

pessimistic

gloomy

dispirited

ambiguous

Bái
HSK 5Frequency 930Radical 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 Noun

white

fig. reactionary

anti-communist

fěn
HSK 6Frequency 2,506Radical 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 Noun

pink

white

erotic

beautiful woman

powdered (with make-up)

HSK 5Frequency 6,061Radical Adjective

purple

violet

Hóng
HSK 5Frequency 794Radical Traditional Adjective · Verb
Hóng

surname Hong

hóng

red

popular

revolutionary

bonus

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

red (color)

revolutionary

绿
HSK 2Frequency 2,608Radical Traditional 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 Traditional 綠色Noun

green

Lán
HSK 3Frequency 1,615Radical Traditional Adjective
Lán

surname Lan

lán

blue

indigo plant

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

blue (color)

Jīn
HSK 3Frequency 828Radical 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

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

silver

silver-colored

relating to money or currency

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

color

countenance

appearance

facial expression

pigment

dyestuff

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

surname Huang or Hwang

huáng

yellow

pornographic

to fall through

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

yellow (color)

pornographic

Hēi
HSK 5Frequency 724Radical 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 Noun

black