黄绿色 (huáng lǜ sè) — chartreuse (yellow-green color)

Definition

noun
chartreuse (yellow-green color)

Examples

  • 黄绿色。
    Tā chuān le yí jiàn huáng lǜ sè de lián yī qún.
    She wore a chartreuse dress.
  • 黄绿色。
    Zhè zhǒng tú liào tiáo pèi chéng huáng lǜ sè hòu xiào guǒ hěn hǎo.
    This paint works very well once it's mixed into chartreuse.
  • 黄绿色。
    Chū chūn de nèn yè chéng xiàn chū dàn dàn de huáng lǜ sè.
    The young leaves in early spring show a faint chartreuse 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.

黄绿yellow-green
黄huángyellow绿lǜgreen
联合Side by side
色sècolor

黄 and 绿 name the two colors mixed, and 色 gives the sense of a 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.

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 →

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 綠; 绿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù綠lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 綠 uses 糸 to show silk and 彔 for sound; the simplified 绿 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 绿 →

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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