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色

sè

HSK 2 Character Measure word 种

What 色 means

1. color
2. look
3. appearance
4. sex

Other readings

色 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shǎicolor; used in {色子|shǎi zi}

Example sentences

• 是绿色。
  It's green.
• 血色将至。
  Xuèsè jiāngzhì.
  There will be blood.
• 天色漆黑。
  It is pitch dark.
• 他面有饥色
  He had a hungry look.
• 天色已晚。
  It was already very late.
• 我是色盲。
  I'm color blind.

Words starting with 色

• 色彩sè cǎitint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
• 色情sè qíngpornography; sex
• 色狼sè lánglecher; pervert; wolf
• 色调sè diàohue; tone
• 色泽sè zécolor and luster
• 色素sè sùpigment
• 色相sè xiàngcoloration; hue; sex
• 色斑sè bānstain; colored patch; freckle
• 色盲sè mángcolor-blind; color blindness
• 色域sè yùcolor gamut
• 色子shǎi zidice (used in gambling)
• 色度sè dùsaturation (color theory)
• 色拉sè lā(loanword) salad
• 色目Sè mùSemu
• 色号sè hàoshade (of lipstick etc); color option
• 色酒shǎi jiǔcolored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
• 色长sè zhǎnghead of a division of the music academy of the imperial court
• 色尼区Sè ní QūSeni, a district of Nagqu City 那曲市
• 色情业sè qíng yèporn business
• 色情作品sè qíng zuò pǐnporn; pornographic material
• 色情小说sè qíng xiǎo shuōpornographic novel; dirty book
• 色相环sè xiàng huáncolor wheel
• 色情片sè qíng piànpornographic film
• 色光sè guāngcolored light

Words containing 色

• 颜色yán sècolor; countenance; appearance
• 角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. jiǎo sè
• 出色chū sèremarkable; outstanding
• 景色jǐng sèscenery; landscape; view
• 特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
• 神色shén sèexpression; look
• 棕色zōng sèbrown
• 眼色yǎn sèsignal made with one's eyes; meaningful glance
• 粉色fěn sèpink; white; erotic
• 气色qì sècomplexion
• 白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
• 黑色hēi sèblack
• 红色hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
• 绿色lǜ sègreen
• 蓝色lán sèblue (color)
• 脸色liǎn sècomplexion; look
• 黄色huáng sèyellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
• 以色列Yǐ sè lièIsrael
• 灰色huī sègray; ash gray; grizzly
• 彩色cǎi sècolor; multicolored
• 金色jīn sègolden; gold (color)
• 夜色yè sènight scene; the dim light of night
• 紫色zǐ sèpurple; violet (color)
• 天色tiān sècolor of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather

Characters that look like 色

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

• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
• 邑yìcity; village
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

Sounds the same

Read sè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塞(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 啬stingy
• 涩astringent; tart; acerbity
• 瑟a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
• 铯cesium (chemistry)
• 穑gather in harvest
• 濇grating (of surfaces)
• 璱bright (of jade)
• 譅talkative; loquacious
• 轖leather top of a cart
• 歰old variant of 涩
• 歮old variant of 涩