wǔcǎi

五彩

Word · Noun

five colors; multicolored; colorful

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

the five colors (cyan/blue, yellow, red, white, black); multicolored; colorful

Originally refers to the traditional Chinese five-color symbolism system representing the five elements and directions; now commonly describes anything vividly colorful.

Wǔ五
cǎi彩
bīn缤
fēn纷
de的
huā花
duǒ朵
kāi开
mǎn满
le了
shān山
gǔ谷
 。

Colorful blossoms filled the valley.

Hái孩
zi子
men们
ná拿
zhe着
wǔ五
cǎi彩
de的
qì气
qiú球
zài在
guǎng广
chǎng场
shàng上
bēn奔
pǎo跑
 。

The children ran around the square holding colorful balloons.

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Zhè这
fú幅
yóu油
huà画
miáo描
huì绘
le了
yī一
gè个
wǔ五
cǎi彩
de的
tóng童
huà话
shì世
jiè界
 。

This oil painting depicts a colorful fairy-tale world.