紫

from Learn Chinese Everyday 每日学华语 by Min Min

Pronunciation : zǐ [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Meaning : purple. (adj) Radical : 糸 Strokes : 12 Traditional : 紫 Usage : 4.5%

Common Words / Phrases:

1.

紫色 zǐ sè

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:

purple

2.

紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn

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:

ultraviolet ray

3.

万紫千红 wàn zǐ qiān hóng

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:

blaze of colour

Sentences:

1. Purple short-sleeve T-shirts are popular this year. jīn nián fēi cháng liú xíng zǐ sè de duǎn xiù shān 。 今 年 非 常 流 行 紫 色 的 短 袖 衫 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

今年 : this year 非常 : very 流行 : popular 紫色 : purple 的 : (particle) used after an attribute; to 短袖衫 : T-shirt

2. Flowers of all sorts are blooming in a riot of colour. bǎi huā shèng kāi ， wàn zǐ qiān hóng 。 百 花 盛 开 ， 万 紫 千 红 。 [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

百 : hundred 花 : flower 盛开 : (of flowers) be in full bloom; flourish 万 : ten thousand 紫 : purple 千 : thousand 红 : red 万紫千红 : blaze of colour

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