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紫色
zǐ sè



紫色
purple


Definitions

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紫色zǐsè
     1. n. purple; violet
English > Chinese
purple
     1. 名词. 紫色
Components
     1. purple; violet; dark pink (combination of red and blue colours)
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 (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 (cyproterone acetate)
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pronunciation
zǐ sè




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