HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Adjectives

白色 báisè “white” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 白色 means

  1. white
  2. fig. reactionary
  3. anti-communist

How to say 白色

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale白bái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

白色 in a sentence

  1. 为什么雪是白色的呢？

    Wèishénme xuě shì báisè de ne?

    Why is snow white?

    Sentence #8698973 from Tatoeba

  2. 你穿那件白色的衣服很好看。

    Nǐ chuān nà jiàn báisè de yīfu hěn hǎokàn.

    You look great in that white outfit.

    Sentence #895788 from Tatoeba

  3. 我的马是白色的。

    Wǒ de mǎ shì báisè de.

    My horse is white.

    Sentence #2778259 from Tatoeba

How 白色 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 白 (bái) drawn as one shape
白báiwhite

白 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 白色

白 5 strokes · 色 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

白色 (báisè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 白色 (báisè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 白色

Words with 白

白天báitiān · daytime白bái · white明白míngbai · clear苍白cāngbái · pale坦白tǎnbái · frank空白kòngbái · blank蛋白质dànbáizhì · protein

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery出色chūsè · remarkable角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour特色tèsè · distinctive feature

More words: Adjectives

最zuì · most晴qíng · sunny阴yīn · cloudy好吃hǎochī · delicious不错bùcuò · not bad黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green

FAQs

白色 (báisè) means “white” or “fig. reactionary”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it báisè: bái with a 2nd tone, then sè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 白色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baise with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 白色 from the suggestions. Typing baise into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
白色 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.