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象牙色xiàng yá sè
ivory
Definitions
| English > Chinese | ||
| ivory | ||
| 1. 象牙 | ||
| Components | ||
| 象 | xiàng | |
| 1. elephant | ||
| 幼 象 - young elephant | ||
| 2. ivory; tusk | ||
| Synonyms: 象牙 | ||
| 象床 - ivory-decorated bed | ||
| 3. (Chinese chess) elephant (on the black side) | ||
| Synonyms: 相 | ||
| 4. (chess) bishop | ||
| 5. symbol; emblem | ||
| 象徵 - symbol | ||
| 6. appearance; shape; phenomenon | ||
| 天象 - celestial phenomenon | ||
| 現象 - phenomenon | ||
| 景象 - scene | ||
| 7. (TCM) complexion | ||
| 病象 - disease signs and symptoms | ||
| 8. image; picture; portrait | ||
| 9. sign; indication | ||
| 10. (obsolete) law; legislation | ||
| 11. (obsolete) principle | ||
| 12. (obsolete) calendar | ||
| 13. (literary) to imitate; to follow the example of | ||
| 象形 - pictogram | ||
| 象聲詞 - onomatopoeia | ||
| 14. (literary) to trace; to outline; to depict | ||
| 15. to resemble | ||
| 16. (historical) government official that translates southern languages | ||
| 17. (historical) Xiang, a commandery of Han China | ||
| 18. Variant of 像 | ||
| 19. usage. 象 was the official simplified form of 像 only until 1986. | ||
| 像 | xiàng | |
| 1. picture; image; photograph; figure | ||
| 2. statue; figure; sculpture | ||
| 3. to resemble; to be like | ||
| 4. (math) image (of a function) | ||
| 牙 | yá | |
| 1. (anatomy) tooth | ||
| 拔牙 - to take out a tooth - | ||
| 我 牙 疼。 - I have a toothache. - | ||
| 2. (anatomy) ivory; tusk of elephant | ||
| 牙雕 - ivory sculpture - | ||
| 3. screw thread | ||
| 4. (literary, obsolete) to bite | ||
| 5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 衙 (government office; yamen) | ||
| 6. (obsolete) Alternative form of 芽 (to sprout) | ||
| 7. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) (Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness.) | ||
| 8. (historical) broker | ||
| 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. look; expression | ||
| 臉色 - facial expression | ||
| 3. 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
xiàng yá sè
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