顏 (ngaan4 | yan2) : colour; face; prestige

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顏

ngaan4

yan2

[1] colour; pigment; paint
[2] face; countenance; facial expression
[3] prestige; reputation; honour
[4] a Chinese surname

Stroke count: 18

Level: 2

Radical: (#181)

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

顏 / 颜

This word has been viewed 7916 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Jun 2011 02:12

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

五顏六色 ng5 ngaan4 luk6 sik1 = multi-coloured, colorful, motley

水彩顏料 seoi2 coi2 ngaan4 liu6*2 = water-colour paint

顏色筆 ngaan4 sik1 bat1 = coloured pencil 粵

水彩顏色 seoi2 coi2 ngaan4 sik1 shui3 cai3 yan2 se4 = watercolors

顏料 ngaan4 liu6*2 yan2 liao4 = colors; pigment, paint

木顏色筆 muk6 ngaan4 sik1 bat1 = coloured pencils

顏面 ngaan4 min6 = [n] face, facial feature; [adj] prosopo- (a prefix in medical terms meaning facial)

顏面掃地 ngaan4 min6 sou3 dei6 yan2 mian4 sao3 di4 = great loss of face

三分顏色上大紅 saam1 fan1 ngaan4 sik1 soeng5 daai6 hung4 = go beyond one's depth 粵
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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佢病到五顏六色粵
He is seriously ill.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 顏
Unicode code for this character: U+984f (off-site link)

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