乳白 (rǔ bái) — cream color; milky white; cream-colored; milky-white (attributive)

Definition

cream colormilky whitecream-coloredmilky-white (attributive)

Examples

  • 乳白。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu de yán sè shì rǔ bái.
    The color of this piece of clothing is cream white.
  • 乳白。
    Tā mǎi le yí liàng rǔ bái de chē.
    She bought a cream-colored car.
  • 乳白。
    rǔ bái Shì yì zhǒng fēi cháng róu hé de yán sè.
    Cream white is a very soft color.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

乳rǔmilk
白báiwhite

乳 (milk) describes 白 (white), giving a milky white color.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

乳 originally drew a kneeling woman holding and breastfeeding a child, matching its meanings of breast and milk.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

Open 白 →

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