HSK 6 · Adjectives

粉色 fěnsè “pink” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 粉色 means

  1. pink

How to say 粉色

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale粉fěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

粉色 in a sentence

  1. 我的笔记本是粉色的。

    Wǒ de bǐjìběn shì fěnsè de.

    My notebook is pink.

    Sentence #1763159 from Tatoeba

How 粉色 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 粉 (fěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
粉fěnpowder
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with fěn.

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 粉色

粉 10 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.

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

Words related to 粉色

Words with 粉

粉碎fěnsuì · to smash粉末fěnmò · powder

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white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

More words: Adjectives

繁忙fánmáng · busy锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)风趣fēngqù · witty分明fēnmíng · clear腐朽fǔxiǔ · rotten高超gāochāo · superb高明gāomíng · brilliant高尚gāoshàng · noble

FAQs

粉色 (fěnsè) means “pink”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fěnsè: fěn with a 3rd 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. 粉色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fense with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 粉色 from the suggestions. Typing fense into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
粉色 is an HSK 6 word in the 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.