The Chinese word for ivory is
象牙色

xiàng yá sè

ivory

Chinese Definition

ivory
1. 象牙
Components
象
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.
牙
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
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)