The Chinese word for cyan is
青色
qīng sèChinese Definition
cyan | |
1. 形容词. 青色的 | |
2. 名词. 青色 | |
Components | |
青 | |
1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 鮮 (chhiⁿ) | |
2. fresh | |
3. (of clothes) bright; pretty; neat | |
色 | |
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) |
Translations for 色 and their definitions
青色 | |
1. n. blue-green; cyan | |
2. n. (Cantonese) yellow-green | |
3. n. (Hakka, Min Nan) green |
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