Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

(bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize; colored

Chinese: 色彩、彩色;也指彩头、喝彩。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “cai” becomes a different word in each tone. 彩 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous; brilliant
  • 彩色cǎi sècolor; multicolored
  • 色彩sè cǎitint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor
  • 彩票cǎi piàolottery ticket
  • 彩虹cǎi hóngrainbow

Example Sentence

雨后的天空出现了一道彩虹。Yǔ hòu de tiān kōng chū xiàn le yí dào cǎi hóng.A rainbow appeared in the sky after the rain.

rainhòuempressdeof天空tiān kōngsky出现chū xiànto appearle(completed action)一道yí dàotogether彩虹cǎi hóngrainbow