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彩

cǎi

HSK 4 Character

What 彩 means

1. (bright) color
2. variety
3. applause
4. applaud
5. lottery prize

Example sentences

• 精彩！
  Amazing!
• 精彩的一击！
  What a great shot!
• 你买彩票了吗？
  Nǐ mǎi cǎipiào le ma?
  Have you bought a raffle ticket yet?
• 你还买彩票吗？
  Nǐ hái mǎi cǎipiào ma?
  Do you still buy lottery tickets?
• 彩虹桥有多长？
  How long is the Rainbow Bridge?
• 汤姆买了张彩票。
  Tāngmǔ mǎi le zhāng cǎipiào.
  Tom bought a lottery ticket.

Words starting with 彩

• 彩虹cǎi hóngrainbow
• 彩票cǎi piàolottery ticket
• 彩色cǎi sècolor; multicolored
• 彩电cǎi diàncolor television (abbr. for 彩色电视
• 彩云cǎi yúnrosy clouds
• 彩排cǎi páidress rehearsal; to have a dress rehearsal
• 彩绘cǎi huìpainted; colored painted-on designs
• 彩霞cǎi xiáclouds tinged with sunset hues
• 彩旗cǎi qícolored flag
• 彩蛋cǎi dànpainted eggshell; Easter egg; (media) Easter egg…
• 彩带cǎi dàicolored ribbon; streamer
• 彩画cǎi huàcolor painting
• 彩信cǎi xìnmultimedia messaging service (MMS) (telecommunications)
• 彩印cǎi yìncolor printing; abbr. for 彩色印刷
• 彩弹cǎi dànpaintball
• 彩扩cǎi kuòto enlarge color photos; color film processing
• 彩民cǎi mínlottery player
• 彩礼cǎi lǐbetrothal gift; bride price
• 彩练cǎi liàncolored ribbon
• 彩声cǎi shēngapplause; cheering
• 彩衣cǎi yīcolored clothes; motley attire
• 彩超cǎi chāocolor Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine)
• 彩车cǎi chēfloat (in a parade)
• 彩头cǎi tóugood omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc)

Words containing 彩

• 精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous; brilliant
• 色彩sè cǎitint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
• 光彩guāng cǎiluster; splendor; radiance
• 剪彩jiǎn cǎito cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
• 丰富多彩fēng fù duō cǎirichly colorful
• 云彩yún cai(colloquial) cloud
• 喝彩hè cǎito acclaim; to cheer
• 五彩wǔ cǎifive (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored
• 七彩qī cǎiseven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored
• 五彩缤纷wǔ cǎi bīn fēnall the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
• 多姿多彩duō zī duō cǎidiversity (of forms and colors)
• 博彩bó cǎigambling
• 出彩chū cǎito perform outstandingly; outstanding; dazzling; brilliant
• 多彩duō cǎicolorful; flamboyant
• 流光溢彩liú guāng yì cǎi(idiom) brilliant lights and vibrant colors
• 水彩shuǐ cǎiwatercolor
• 光彩夺目guāng cǎi duó mùdazzling; brilliant
• 水彩画shuǐ cǎi huàwatercolor; aquarelle
• 异彩yì cǎiextraordinary splendor
• 华彩huá cǎigorgeous; resplendent or rich color
• 迷彩服mí cǎi fúcamouflage clothing
• 中彩zhòng cǎito win a prize at a lottery
• 丹彩dān cǎivermilion; rhetorical language
• 亮彩liàng cǎia bright color; sparkle; shine

Characters built on 采

These share the phonetic component 采 (cǎi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 踩cǎito step on; to tread; to stamp
• 睬cǎito pay attention; to take notice of; to care for

Characters that look like 彩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already
• 勒lè(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force
• 匙shiused in 钥匙
• 轿jiàosedan chair; palanquin; litter
• 郭guōouter city wall
• 躬gōng(literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself…

Sounds the same

Read cǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 采to pick; to pluck; to collect
• 踩to step on; to tread; to stamp
• 睬to pay attention; to take notice of; to care for
• 䌽variant of 彩