彩 cǎi

1. cǎi noun color
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
   Notes: In the sense of 颜色 (Guoyu '彩' n 2; NCCED '彩' 1; Unicode '彩')
2. cǎi noun applause; praise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '彩' n 4; NCCED '彩' 5)
3. cǎi noun splendour; brilliance; variety
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 光华 or 光泽 (Guoyu '彩' 3; NCCED '彩' 2)
4. cǎi noun a prize
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Leisure
   
5. cǎi noun blood from a wound
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '彩' n 6; NCCED '彩' 6)
6. cǎi noun lottery prise
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Leisure
   Notes: (Guoyu '彩' n 4; NCCED '彩' 3)
7. cǎi adjective colored; colorful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '彩' adj; NCCED '彩' 3)
8. cǎi noun skills in a magic performance or opera
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '彩' 7)
9. cǎi noun an article
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 文章 (Guoyu '彩' n 1)

Contained in

• 富色彩 colorful
• 彩电(彩電) color TV
• 特艺彩色(特藝彩色) Technicolor
• 蔼彩(藹彩) fresh
• 彩票 lottery ticket
• 精彩 brilliant; splendid
• 彩云(彩雲) rosy clouds
• 倒彩 adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
• 彩电视(彩電視) color TV
• 彩绘(彩繪) a painting
• 悬灯结彩(懸燈結彩) to hang up laterns and tie colored ribbons
• 彩扩(彩擴) to enlarge color photos; color film processing
• 彩画(彩畫) a color painting
• 文彩 gorgeous colors ; an essay; writing
• 彩鹳(彩鸛) painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
• 色彩平衡 color balance
• 喝彩 to acclaim; to cheer
• 五彩缤纷(五彩繽紛) all the colors in profusion; a garish display
• 釉上彩 overglaze
• 绚丽多彩(絢麗多彩) bright and colorful; gorgeous
• 异彩(異彩) extraordinary splendor
• 丹彩 vermilion; rhetorical language
• 光彩 luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance ; honorable
• 彩色 multi-colored ; a color
• 张灯结彩(張燈結彩) to adorn with laterns and tie colored ribbons
• 彩鹮(彩䴉) glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
• 云彩(雲彩) cloud
• 粉彩 fencai; famille rose
• 花彩雀莺(花彩雀鶯) white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
• 满堂彩(滿堂彩) everyone present applauds; universal acclaim; a standing ovation; to bring the house down
• 亮彩 a bright color; sparkle; shine; glitter
• 彩色玻璃 stained glass
• 浓墨重彩(濃墨重彩) thick and heavy in colors; to describe something in colorful language with attention to detail
• 摸彩 to draw lots; raffle; lottery
• 缯彩(繒綵) colored silk
• 彩轿(彩轎) a wedding sedan
• 华彩(華彩) gorgeous; resplendent or rich color
• 炉彩(爐彩) overglaze
• 五彩宾纷(五彩賓紛) colorful
• 彩车(彩車) float (in a parade)
• 不光彩 disgraceful; dishonorable
• 六合彩 Mark Six
• 滚彩蛋(滾彩蛋) egg rolling
• 斗彩(鬥彩) doucai
• 色彩 tint; coloring ; trend [of thought]; style [of movement]
• 大放异彩(大放異彩) to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment); to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill

Also contained in

彩色铅笔 、 彩陶器 、 彩虹行动 、 五彩 、 彩带

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三百三十二 列傳第二百二十 西域四 Volume 332 Biographies 220: Western Regions 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 34
• 卷三百三十一 列傳第二百十九 西域三 Volume 331 Biographies 219: Western Regions 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
• 卷三百二十六 列傳第二百十四 外國七 Volume 326 Biographies 214: Foreign States 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
• 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13
• 卷一百四十 志第九十三 樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 9
• 卷二百一十二 列傳第一百三十七 藩鎮盧龍 Volume 212 Biographies 137: Buffer Region Lulong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 9
• 第二回 Chapter 14 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
• 卷一百四十三 列傳第九十三: 李懷仙 朱滔 劉怦 程日華 李全略 Volume 143 Biographies 93: Li Huaixian, Zhu Tao, Liu Peng, Cheng Rihua, Li Quanlue Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 9
• 卷三百二十九 列傳第二百十七 西域一 Volume 329 Biographies 217: Western Regions 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9

Collocations

• 杂彩 (雜彩) 雜彩四十匹 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇五 載記第五 石勒下 Volume 105 Records 5: Shi Le Part Two — count: 8
• 神彩 (神彩) 神彩秀徹 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十三 列傳第十三 山濤 王戎 郭舒 樂廣 Volume 43 Biographies 13: Shan Tao; Wang Rong; Guo Shu; Yue Guang — count: 8
• 风彩 (風彩) 微見風彩 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十二 吳書七 張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu — count: 6
• 缯彩 (繒彩) 遣使以美女繒彩賂遺匈奴 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十二 王劉張李彭盧列傳 Volume 12: Biographies of Wang, Liu, Zhang, Li, Peng, Lu — count: 5
• 锦彩 (錦彩) 雜衣錦彩 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷四　　帝紀第四　　文宣帝 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Wenxuan — count: 5
• 彩缯 (彩繒) 彩缯各有差也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十六 南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians — count: 4
• 彩帛 (彩帛) 收金银彩帛一亿已上 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang — count: 4
• 词彩 (詞彩) 延之與陳郡謝靈運俱以詞彩齊名 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十三 列傳第三十三 顏延之 Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi — count: 3
• 彩千 (彩千) 彩千匹 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十九 列傳第四十九 謝尚 謝安 Volume 79 Biographies 49: Xie Shang; Xie An — count: 3
• 金银彩 (金銀彩) 收金银彩帛一亿已上 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang — count: 3