色 sè / shǎi in a sentence
Color (look - expression - sex); Color (dice)
色 (sè / shǎi) means Color (look - expression - sex), Color (dice). Below are 24 of the 79 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
山上一片青 色 。
Shān shàng yí piàn qīng sè.
The mountain is a stretch of green.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青
窗外是一片绿 色 。
Chuāng wài shì yí piàn lǜsè.
Outside the window is a stretch of green.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 片
秋天的景 色 最好看。
Qiūtiān de jǐngsè zuì hǎokàn.
The autumn scenery is the loveliest.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 景色
今年流行这种颜 色 。
Jīnnián liúxíng zhè zhǒng yánsè.
This colour is in fashion this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流行
他的表现非常出 色 。
Tā de biǎoxiàn fēicháng chūsè.
His performance was outstanding.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 出色
这座建筑很有特 色 。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù hěn yǒu tèsè.
This building is quite distinctive.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建筑
她喜欢浅 色 的衣服。
Tā xǐhuan qiǎn sè de yīfu.
She likes light-coloured clothes.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 浅
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From the graded readers
我看见一件红 色 的衣服。
wǒ kànjiàn yíjiàn hóngsè de / dì yīfu.
I saw a red one.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
小白是白 色 的，很漂亮。
xiǎo bái shì báisè de / dì, hěn piàoliang.
Xiaobai is white and very pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
大衣是灰 色 的，而且比我想的小得多。
dà yī / yì shì huīsè de / dì, érqiě bǐ wǒ xiǎng de / dì xiǎo deduō.
The coat was grey, and much smaller than I'd expected.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
照片上的大衣是蓝 色 的，看起来很暖和。
zhàopiàn shàng de / dì dà yī / yì shì lánsè de / dì, kànqǐlái hěn nuǎnhuo.
The coat in the photo was blue and looked warm.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
这次我看清楚了才下单——蓝 色 ，大号。
zhècì wǒ kānqīng chǔ le / liǎo / liào cái xià dān—— lánsè, dà hào / háo.
This time I checked properly before ordering — blue, large.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
我又看了一遍那个网页，发现颜 色 和尺寸我都选错了。
wǒ yòu kànle yī biàn nèigè wǎngyè, fāxiàn yánsè hé chǐcun wǒ dōu xuǎn cuò le / liǎo / liào.
I looked at the web page again and found I'd picked the wrong colour and the wrong size.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
From the travel phrasebook
有别的颜 色 吗？
Yǒu bié de yánsè ma?
Do you have another colour?
Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining
色 appears in 79 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 色
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 色
How is 色 used in a sentence?
This page shows 79 sentences using 色 (sè / shǎi, "Color (look - expression - sex), Color (dice)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 色 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 色 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 色?
The dictionary page for 色 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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