Chinese Colors & Cultural Meanings Flashcards
Practise 24 color and culture words with vivid pictures, Chinese, pinyin and English meanings. Discover the stories behind festive red, imperial yellow and jade, then save words for another round.
牡丹
mǔdān
Peony
Peony motifs in Chinese decorative art can convey wealth and high status. The flower is not always pink.
About this deck
Practise 24 words with a matching picture on every card. Name the color or pictured object aloud before checking the labels. Use Listen when available, read the short culture note, and save a difficult word. Try New shuffle to recall it without relying on the order.
Twelve cards introduce color vocabulary; twelve cover materials, crafts, celebrations and motifs that help explain color in context. Color cards pair a paint stroke with a familiar visual cue. The gold-colored star teaches a color, while the gold and silver bars teach materials. Purple uses the dictionary-supported single-character headword. Culture notes describe selected traditions and artworks; they are not universal rules about what every person or object means.
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