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Colors in Chinese – Learn Basic Colors in Chinese

Chinese words, colors in Chinese

In such a colorful world, how great it is to know all the colors in Mandarin Chinese!

Colors are important in Chinese learning

With the knowledge of names of colors, children can point to different objects of the color; they can describe the objects and they can make connections of various things they see, use and play with in their daily lives. Colors therefore are super interesting for kids to learn.

There are many colors, the basic colors in Chinese are as below:

Red – 红　hóng
Blue – 蓝　lán
Yellow – 黄　huáng
Green – 绿　lǜ
Purple – 紫  zǐ
White -　白　bái
Orange -　橙　chéng
Pink –    粉红fěnhóng
Grey –    灰   huī
Black – 黑　hēi

Do you know all of these colors in Chinese? Here is a short video teaching you all of them!

Examples of Colorful Objects:

Look around, you’ll find all objects with colors. Here are some examples:

白花　Báihuā white flower

红鞋 Hóng xié red shoes

蓝蝴蝶 Lán húdié blue butterflies

绿树 Lǜ shù green tree

黄色出租车 Huángsè chūzū chē yellow taxi

紫色皇冠 Zǐsè huángguàn purple crown

黑帽 Hēi mào black hat

橙色气球 Chéngsè qìqiú orange balloon

粉红色小熊 Fěnhóng sè xiǎoxióng pink bear

灰色的伞 Huīsè de sǎn grey umbrella

Here is a great little book for kids who are starting to read Chinese. The theme is colors.

Note: This book is in series of 30 My Very First Chinese Reading Books that are created for the beginning Chinese readers.

A Chinese Tongue Twister Containing Colors

Try to twist your tongue with this tricky tongue twister:

凤凰飞 Phoenix Flies

红凤凰飞
粉凤凰飞
红粉凤凰飞
粉红凤凰飞

Sentence Examples with Chinese Color Words

你喜欢什么颜色？
Nǐ xǐhuān shénme yánsè?
What colors do you like?

我喜欢红色，蓝色和白色。
Wǒ xǐhuān hóngsè, lán sè hé báisè.
I like red, blue and white.

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