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紫色zǐ sè
purple
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
紫色 | zǐsè | |
1. n. purple; violet | ||
English > Chinese | ||
purple | ||
1. 名词. 紫色 | ||
Components | ||
紫 | zǐ | |
1. purple; violet; dark pink (combination of red and blue colours) | ||
色 | 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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zǐ sè
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