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红色

hóng sè

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 紅色

红色 (hóng sè) means "red". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 红色 means

1. red (color)
2. revolutionary

The characters in 红色

• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 色sècolor; look; appearance

Example sentences

• 红色不流行了。
  Red is out of fashion.
• 我最喜欢红色。
  My favorite color is red.
• 信号是红色的。
  The signal was red.
• 这本书是红色。
  This book is red.
• 他有红色的花。
  He has red flowers.
• 圆圈是红色的。
  The circle is red.

Words starting with 红色

• 红色旅游hóng sè lǚ yóured tourism, focused on sites in China associated with the Communist Revolution
• 红色炸弹hóng sè zhà dàn(jocular) wedding invitation…
• 红色娘子军Hóng sè Niáng zi jūnRed Detachment of Women, revolutionary opera that premiered in 1964
• 红色高棉Hóng sè Gāo miánKhmer Rouge, Cambodian political party

Words containing 红色

• 粉红色fěn hóng sèpink
• 紫红色zǐ hóng sèred-purple; mauve; prune (color)
• 带红色dài hóng sèreddish
• 深红色shēn hóng sèdeep red; crimson; scarlet
• 艳红色yàn hóng sècrimson
• 猩红色xīng hóng sèscarlet (color)
• 橙红色chéng hóng sèred-orange color; dark orange
• 猎杀红色十月号Liè shā Hóng sè Shí yuè hào"The Hunt for Red October", a novel by Tom Clancy

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