How to Say ‘White’ in Traditional Chinese
色白
💬 Usage Tip: This refers to the color 'white'.
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: White is an important cultural color in China, symbolizing purity as well as mourning.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
色
[sè]
color
The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.
這個色很鮮豔。
This color is vibrant.
白
[bái]
white
The color of milk or snow, due to the reflection of most wavelengths of visible light.
色白的房子顯得很乾淨。
The white house looks very clean.
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