Day 2: Painting the World with Mandarin Colors! 🎨

Day 2 of the 30-Day Thematic Chinese Word Challenge! 🎉

It’s fantastic to see you continuing this colorful language journey! Yesterday we learned numbers, and today we’re diving into the vibrant world of Colors (颜色 – yánsè)! Knowing colors helps us describe everything around us, making conversations much more vivid.

Let’s learn 10 basic colors in Mandarin Chinese!

Today’s 10 Thematic Words: Colors

Colors are everywhere! Notice how many of these words end in 色 (sè), which means ‘color’. Listen carefully to the pronunciation and tones in today’s video lesson.

红色 (hóng sè) – Red
蓝色 (lán sè) – Blue
黄色 (huáng sè) – Yellow
绿色 (lǜ sè) – Green
黑色 (hēi sè) – Black
白色 (bái sè) – White
粉色 (fěn sè) – Pink (often 粉红色 fěnhóngsè is also used)
紫色 (zǐ sè) – Purple
橙色 (chéng sè) – Orange
棕色 (zōng sè) – Brown

Watch Today’s Quick Lesson!

Ready to see these colors and hear how they sound? Watch our quick video for Day 2. Try pointing to something of each color as you say the word!

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Fantastic work on Day 2! You’re adding splashes of color to your Mandarin vocabulary!

Tomorrow’s Theme (Day 3): We’ll be learning about Family Members (家庭成员 – jiātíng chéngyuán)! See you then! 再见 (Zàijiàn)!