粉色 (fěn sè) — pink | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pink

Examples

粉色。
Zhè jiàn fěn sè qún zi hěn piào liang.
This pink dress is very pretty.
粉色，粉色。
Tā zuì xǐ huan fěn sè, fáng jiān lǐ quán shì fěn sè de dōng xī.
She likes pink the most; her room is full of pink things.
粉色。
Zhè zhǒng fěn sè shì jīn nián zuì liú xíng de yán sè.
This shade of pink is the most popular color this year.

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.

粉 gives pink and 色 means color, so 粉色 is pink color.

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.

米分粉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

分

分fēn粉fěn

Same sound today

粉 pairs 米 (rice) with 分 for its sound. The rice part points to face powder made from rice.

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.

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