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粉红色
fěn hóng sè



粉红色
pink


Definitions

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粉红色
     1. Simplified form of 粉紅色
粉紅色fěnhóngsè
     1. n. the color pink
           粉紅色 是 紅色 和 白色 的 混合 色。 - Pink is the mixed colour of red and white.
     2. usage. This term may be shortened to 粉.
Chinese > Chinese
粉红色
     1. 名词. 一種紅中透白的顏色。
English > Chinese
pink
     1. 名词. 粉紅色
Components
红色
     1. Simplified form of 紅色
紅色hóngsè
     1. n. the color red
     2. adj. red
     3. adj. (Mainland) revolutionary
fěn
     1. powder
           麵粉 是 小麥 做 的 粉。 - Flour is a powder made from wheat.
     2.    face powder
     3.   粉墨登場 - to go on the stage
     4.    flour
     5.    (Cantonese, slang) heroin
     6. (zh-o) (ergative) to powder
           粉碎 - to smash
           粉身--碎骨 - to have one's body smashed to pieces
     7. (color)
     8.    (zh-div, 色) pink
     9.   我 把 頭髮 染 成 了 粉 的。 - I dyed my hair pink.
     10.    (zh-no-solo) white
     11.   粉壁 - white wall
     12.   粉飾 - to whitewash
     13. (dialectal) to whitewash
     14. (food)
     15.    food made from starch or flour (noodles, vermicelli, etc.)
     16.   粉條 - Chinese vermicelli
     17.   涼粉 - grass jelly
     18.   河粉 - he fen noodles
     19.    bean or sweet potato noodles
     20. =====Usage notes=====
     21. fan; fanatic
           明 粉 - fan of the Ming dynasty
           川粉 - fan of Donald Trump
           米粉 - fan of Xiaomi
     22. (Internet, neologism, slang) follower on a social media platform; subscriber
     23. to be a fan of (a person, a group, etc.); to admire
     1. Simplified form of 紅
hóng
     1. red
           紅色 - red (color), tr=hóngsè
           紅茶 - black tea, lit=red tea, tr=hóngchá
           紅包 - red packet, tr=hóngbāo
           紅綠.色盲 - red-green colour blindness, tr=hónglǜ sèmáng
     2. (colloquial) popular; in vogue
           翻紅 - to be popular again, tr=fānhóng
           邁克爾·傑克遜 沒有 以前 那麼 紅 了。 - Michael Jackson is not as popular as he used to be., tr=Màikè'ěr Jiékèxùn méiyǒu yǐqián nàme hóng le.
     3. the red clothes and bunting used on festive occasions
           披紅 - to drape in red silk as a sign of honor or for festivity, tr=pīhóng
     4. festive occasion; wedding
           紅白喜事 - weddings and funerals, tr=hóngbáixǐshì
     5. (figurative) revolutionary; Communist; Red
           紅軍 - Red army, tr=hóngjūn
           又紅又專 - to have a procommunist mindset along with professional skill, tr=yòuhóngyòuzhuān
     6. (business, finance) bonus; extra dividend
           分紅 - distribute or draw dividends, tr=fēnhóng
     7. (literary) flower
           殘紅 - fallen petals, tr=cánhóng
     8. (literary) beautiful woman
     9. (literary) blood
           落紅 - to bleed as an indication of a broken virginity, tr=luòhóng
     10. (euphemism, Cantonese, Hakka) blood tofu
           豬紅 - pig blood tofu
           雞紅 - chicken blood tofu
           Hong
           女紅gōng - the feminine arts (e.g. needlework, sewing, embroidery), tr=nǚgōng
     11. (Placename in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history, northeast of modern Tai'an, Shandong.)
sè, shǎi, shè
     1. color; tint; hue; shade
           顏色 - color
           顏色shǎi兒r - color
           紅色 - red
           四.色.定理 - four color theorem
     2. (zh-no-solo) look; expression
           臉色 - facial expression
     3. (zh-no-solo) scenery; circumstance
           景色 - scenery
           夜色 - night scenery
     4. kind; sort
           貨色 - goods; stuff; trash; rubbish; quality of goods; specification
     5. feminine charm; beauty
           姿色 - good looks (of women)
     6. lust; sexual desire
           好hào色 - to lust for women
           色情 - pornography; sexual desire
     7. (colloquial) perverted; being a pervert; lecherous
     8. theatrical role
           角jué色 - role; part
     9. metallic content
           成色 - purity (of a precious metal in an alloy)
     10. die (gl, a cube with numbers or symbols on each side, used in games of chance)
           色shǎi子zi - die
     11. (Buddhism) (l-lite, pi, rūpa) (form; material element; form of existence; etc.)
           色 即 是 空,空 即 是 色。 - Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
     12. (transgender slang) Short for 色普龍 (;) cypro (gl, cyproterone acetate)
     13. Further reading. (cat, cmn, Elementary Mandarin)
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