橙黄色 (chéng huáng sè) — orange color

Definition

noun
orange color

Examples

  • 橙黄色。
    Zhè zhǒng huā de yán sè shì chéng huáng sè.
    The color of this flower is orange.
  • 橙黄色。
    Tā chuān zhuó yí jiàn chéng huáng sè de wài tào.
    He is wearing an orange jacket.
  • 橙黄色。
    Qiū tiān de yè zi biàn chéng le chéng huáng sè.
    The leaves turn orange in autumn.

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.

橙黄orange-yellow
橙chéngorange黄huángyellow
联合Side by side
色sècolor

橙黄 gives the orange-yellow hue, and 色 means color; together they name orange.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
登
登dēng橙chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

橙 pairs 木 (tree; wood) with 登, which gives its sound.

Open 橙 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 黃; 黄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
炗
炗guāng黃huáng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 黃 pairs 田 (field) with 炗 (light), which gives the sound; the simplified 黄 is a shorthand and its parts are not historical components.

Open 黄 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 爪爪zhuǎclaw; hand
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

色 pairs 爪 (a hand) with 卩 (a kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on the kneeling person.

Open 色 →

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