{"id":11426,"date":"2015-08-25T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=11426"},"modified":"2015-08-25T06:21:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T10:21:38","slug":"chinese-color-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-color-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Color Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the first things you learn when picking up a new language are the colors. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve taught Chinese youngsters all of the colors in English – it’s right\u00a0up there with the words for the days of the week, fruit, and other essentials. Now, I won’t make our readers run around the classroom locating the different colors as I shout them out, but I will teach you the Chinese vocabulary that you need to know! Let’s start with the Chinese word for color<\/strong> (\u989c\u8272 – y\u00e1n s\u00e8). That second character (\u8272) is going to come in handy, because it’s used in all of the words for different colors. Take, for example, the Chinese word for red<\/strong> (\u7ea2\u8272 – h\u00f3ng s\u00e8) – basically,\u00a0\u7ea2 means “red” and \u8272 means “color,” so together it means “the color red.” Here are 15 Chinese words about colors that you’ll want to remember:<\/p>\n

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As you may have noticed, there are two different words for brown. Both of these words are fine, but when shopping for something like clothing, it’s more common to use the word “coffee color<\/strong>” (\u5496\u5561\u8272 – k\u0101 f\u0113i s\u00e8). When describing the color of something, it’s also common to add the particle\u00a0\u7684 to the end. Just look at a few examples:<\/p>\n