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橙

chéng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character

What 橙 means

1. orange tree
2. orange (color)

Example sentences

• 我想要橙汁。
  I'd like orange juice.
• 她喜欢柳橙。
  She likes oranges.
• 他喜欢橙子。
  He likes oranges.
• 她喜欢橙子。
  She likes oranges.
• 我在喝橙汁。
  I'm drinking orange juice.
• 橙子怎么卖？
  How much are oranges?

Words starting with 橙

• 橙色chéng sèorange (color)
• 橙汁chéng zhīorange juice
• 橙子chéng ziorange
• 橙剂chéng jìAgent Orange (herbicide)
• 橙皮chéng píorange peel
• 橙黄chéng huángorange yellow; tangerine yellow; chrome yellow; amber
• 橙红色chéng hóng sèred-orange color; dark orange
• 橙色剂chéng sè jìAgent Orange (herbicide)
• 橙黄色chéng huáng sèorange yellow; tangerine yellow; chrome yellow; amber
• 橙皮果酱chéng pí guǒ jiàng(orange) marmalade
• 橙色战剂chéng sè zhàn jìAgent Orange (herbicide)
• 橙斑翅柳莺chéng bān chì liǔ yīng(bird species of China) buff-barred warbler (Phylloscopus pulcher)
• 橙胸绿鸠chéng xiōng lǜ jiū(bird species of China) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
• 橙胸咬鹃chéng xiōng yǎo juān(bird species of China) orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios)
• 橙头地鸫chéng tóu dì dōng(bird species of China) orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina)
• 橙胸姬鹟chéng xiōng jī wēng(bird species of China) rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)
• 橙腹叶鹎chéng fù yè bēi(bird species of China) orange-bellied leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)
• 橙翅噪鹛chéng chì zào méi(bird species of China) Elliot's laughingthrush (Trochalopteron elliotii)

Words containing 橙

• 柳橙liǔ chéngorange (fruit)
• 甜橙tián chéngsweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
• 红橙hóng chéngblood orange
• 血橙xuè chéngblood orange
• 酸橙suān chénglime (fruit)
• 香橙xiāng chéngorange (tree and fruit)
• 柳橙汁liǔ chéng zhīorange juice; see also 橙汁
• 鲜橙多Xiān chéng duōXianchengduo, Chinese brand of orange-flavored soft drink
• 脐橙qí chéngnavel orange

Characters built on 登

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

• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 凳dèngbench; stool
• 蹬dēngto step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝dèngpath leading up a mountain

Characters that look like 橙

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

• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 膛táng(bound form) hollow space
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 褴lánused in 褴褛
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…

Where 橙 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chēng–chí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.