HSK 4 · Nature

景色 jǐngsè “scenery” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 景色 means

  1. scenery
  2. scene
  3. landscape
  4. view

How to say 景色

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale景jǐng3rd 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

景色 in a sentence

  1. 从这儿看景色很美。

    Cóng zhèr kàn jǐngsè hěn měi.

    The view from here is beautiful.

    Sentence #1446976 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 桂林的景色是天下最美的。

    Guìlín de jǐngsè shì tiānxià zuì měi de.

    Guilin’s scenery is the most beautiful in the world.

    Sentence #13573151 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我从来没见过这么漂亮的景色。

    Wǒ cónglái méi jiànguo zhème piàoliang de jǐngsè.

    I’ve never seen such beautiful scenery.

    Sentence #383383 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 景色 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 景 (jǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
景jǐngscenery
  • 日sun · rì
  • 京capital city · jīng
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 景色

景 12 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.

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

Words related to 景色

Words with 景

风景fēngjǐng · scenery背景bèijǐng · background情景qíngjǐng · scene前景qiánjǐng · prospects

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出色chūsè · remarkable角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour特色tèsè · distinctive feature

More words: Nature, Animals & Weather

大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda地球dìqiú · the earth海洋hǎiyáng · ocean火huǒ · fire空气kōngqì · air气候qìhòu · climate森林sēnlín · forest温度wēndù · temperature

FAQs

景色 (jǐngsè) means “scenery” or “scene”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jǐngsè: jǐng 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. 景色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingse with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 景色 from the suggestions. Typing jingse into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
景色 is an HSK 4 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.