颜色

颜色 yánsè in a sentence

Color

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 7 sentences

颜色 (yánsè) means Color. Below are 7 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

红色是我最喜欢的 颜色

Hóngsè shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de yánsè.

Red is my favourite colour.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 颜色

这件衣服的 颜色 很漂亮。

Zhè jiàn yīfu de yánsè hěn piàoliang.

The colour of this piece of clothing is beautiful.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 颜色

你喜欢什么 颜色

Nǐ xǐhuan shénme yánsè?

What color do you like?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 喜欢

这两件衣服 颜色 一样。

Zhè liǎng jiàn yīfu yánsè yíyàng.

These two pieces of clothing are the same colour.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 一样

From the graded readers

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

颜色 不对。

Yánsè bú duì.

The colour is wrong.

Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims

有别的 颜色 吗?

Yǒu bié de yánsè ma?

Do you have another colour?

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

Questions about 颜色

How is 颜色 used in a sentence?

This page shows 7 sentences using 颜色 (yánsè, "Color"), 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.

Is 颜色 an HSK word?

Yes — 颜色 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 颜色?

The dictionary page for 颜色 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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