色 (sik1 | se4) : colour

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色

sik1

se4

[1] [n] colour; tint; tinge; hue; shade
[2] facial expression; look; appearance
[3] sensuality; desire for beauty; lust; lewdness; carnal pleasure
[4] worldly things
[5] a kind; sort
[6] Kangxi radical 139 (color)

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 色 (#139)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

色

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This word has been viewed 23816 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2009 01:03

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多色 do1 sik1 duo1 se4 = multicolor, multi-color

顏色 ngaan4 sik1 yan2 se4 = colour (UK); color (US)

出色 ceot1 sik1 chu1 se4 = outstanding

黃色 wong4 sik1 huang2 se4 = yellow colour ; erotic, pornographic

女色 neoi5 sik1 = womanly charms

粉紅色 fan2 hung4 sik1 fen3 hong2 se4 = pink

米色 mai5 sik1 = beige; cream-coloured

紅色 hung4 sik1 hong2 se4 = red

橙色 caang4*2 sik1 = orange (colour)

綠色 luk6 sik1 lv4 se4 = green
See all 233 compounds (CantoDict reports 254 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 色

我有兩件白色衫粵
I have two white shirts

有男人有一匹白色馬
There was once a man with a white horse.

佢病到五顏六色粵
He is seriously ill.

她用橙色的蠟筆來畫太陽國
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
[來 here means "in order to" or "to". Marked as unsure: Can an editor please fix the jyutping?]

老虎的身上有很多黑棕色的條紋國
A tiger has many black-brown stripes on its body.

「全民皆股」係香港嘅特色。粵
Everyone buying stocks is a characteristic of Hong Kong

噴泉前面有一隻好靚嘅黑色貓粵
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain.
[Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]

噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain.
[Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]

天色不早。國
It's getting late.

佢淨係鍾意著紅色裙,冇得解嘅。粵
She only loves to wear red dresses, which can't be explained why.

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Decimal representation of this word: 色
Unicode code for this character: U+8272 (off-site link)

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