Chinese Colors for Beginners
30 beginner-level cards covering every color you need in Mandarin — the eleven basics, the 深 / 浅 shade prefixes that build the rest, the metallics, and the phrases for asking what color something is. Each card gives you the characters and the pinyin, so you can say the word and not just recognise it. Built alongside the Memor More color quiz video.
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#1
Q:red
- A:红色 hóngsè
#2
Q:blue
- A:蓝色 lánsè
#3
Q:yellow
- A:黄色 huángsè
#4
Q:green
- A:绿色 lǜsè
#5
Q:black
- A:黑色 hēisè
#6
Q:white
- A:白色 báisè
#7
Q:orange
- A:橙色 chéngsè
#8
Q:purple
- A:紫色 zǐsè
#9
Q:pink
- A:粉红色 fěnhóngsè
#10
Q:gray
- A:灰色 huīsè
#11
Q:brown
- A:棕色 zōngsè
#12
Q:gold
- A:金色 jīnsè
#13
Q:silver
- A:银色 yínsè
#14
Q:color
- A:颜色 yánsè
#15
Q:What color is it?
- A:什么颜色 shénme yánsè
#16
Q:dark- (as in dark blue)
- A:深 shēn
#17
Q:light- (as in light blue)
- A:浅 qiǎn
#18
Q:dark blue
- A:深蓝色 shēnlánsè
#19
Q:light blue
- A:浅蓝色 qiǎnlánsè
#20
Q:sky blue
- A:天蓝色 tiānlánsè
#21
Q:dark green
- A:深绿色 shēnlǜsè
#22
Q:light green
- A:浅绿色 qiǎnlǜsè
#23
Q:dark red
- A:深红色 shēnhóngsè
#24
Q:beige
- A:米色 mǐsè
#25
Q:coffee brown
- A:咖啡色 kāfēisè
#26
Q:rainbow
- A:彩虹 cǎihóng
#27
Q:transparent
- A:透明 tòumíng
#28
Q:colorful (idiom)
- A:五颜六色 wǔ yán liù sè
#29
Q:I like blue.
- A:我喜欢蓝色 wǒ xǐhuān lánsè
#30
Q:What color do you like?
- A:你喜欢什么颜色 nǐ xǐhuān shénme yánsè