Meaning of 蓝色
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- blue (color)
How to use 蓝色
蓝色 works as a noun and often comes before 的 to describe things, like 蓝色的天空 (blue sky). In casual speech people may also just say 蓝 before a noun, as in 蓝天. Example: 我喜欢蓝色。(Wǒ xǐhuan lánsè.) I like blue.
蓝 (lán) has the grass radical 艹 on top, a reminder that blue dye was traditionally made from plants. Add 色 (sè), color, and you get blue color.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 蓝 (lán, blue) with 篮 (lán, basket), as in 篮球 (lánqiú, basketball). They sound the same, but 篮 has the bamboo radical ⺮ on top instead of grass 艹.
蓝色 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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蓝 lán · blue · 13 strokes
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色 sè · color · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 蓝色.
| 颜色 | yánsè | color; countenance |
| 红色 | hóngsè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 黑色 | hēisè | black |
| 白色 | báisè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 绿色 | lǜsè | green |
| 黄色 | huángsè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 景色 | jǐngsè | scenery; landscape; view |
| 特色 | tèsè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
| 彩色 | cǎisè | color; multicolored |
| 角色 | juésè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 出色 | chūsè | remarkable; outstanding |
| 色彩 | sècǎi | tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character |
Questions about 蓝色
What does 蓝色 mean?
蓝色 (lánsè) means "blue (color)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 蓝色?
蓝色 is made of 2 characters: 蓝 (13 strokes), 色 (6 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 蓝色 an HSK word?
Yes. 蓝色 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 蓝色 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 蓝色 is written 藍色.
How do you say light blue and dark blue in Chinese?
Light blue is 浅蓝色 (qiǎn lánsè) and dark blue is 深蓝色 (shēn lánsè). 浅 means shallow and 深 means deep, and these work for other colors too.
Does 蓝色 have any hidden meanings like 黄色 does?
Not in everyday use. Unlike 黄色, which can mean pornographic, or 红色, which can mean revolutionary, 蓝色 normally just means the color blue.