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

• 彩排 dress rehearsal
• 彩弹(彩彈) paintball
• 彩卷 color film ; lottery ticket
• 彩霞 clouds tinged with sunset hues
• 绚丽多彩(絢麗多彩) bright and colorful; gorgeous
• 口彩 complimentary remarks; well-wishing
• 倒彩声(倒彩聲) jeering; booing; catcalls
• 真彩色 true color
• 三彩 sancai; three colors; multi-colored
• 多彩多姿 elegant and graceful posture; splendid, full of content
• 彩鹬(彩鷸) greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
• 喝彩 to acclaim; to cheer
• 釉下彩 painted underglaze
• 迷彩服 camouflage clothing
• 张灯挂彩(張燈掛彩) to hang up laterns and hang colored ribbons
• 结彩(結彩) to adorn; to festoon
• 彩色 multi-colored ; a color
• 五彩宾纷(五彩賓紛) colorful
• 华彩(華彩) gorgeous; resplendent or rich color
• 不光彩 disgraceful; dishonorable
• 多彩 colorful; flamboyant
• 丰富多彩(豐富多彩) richly colorful
• 光彩 luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance ; honorable
• 彩礼(彩禮) betrothal gift; bride price
• 彩虹蜂虎 rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
• 彩票 lottery ticket
• 没精打彩(沒精打彩) listless; dispirited; washed out
• 蔼彩(藹彩) fresh
• 丹彩 vermilion; rhetorical language
• 釉上彩 overglaze
• 炉彩(爐彩) overglaze
• 彩超 Color Doppler Imaging (CDI)
• 色彩缤纷(色彩繽紛) all the colors in profusion; a garish display
• 缯彩(繒綵) colored silk
• 经丝彩色显花(經絲彩色顯花) warp brocade; woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
• 彩画(彩畫) a color painting
• 满堂彩(滿堂彩) everyone present applauds; universal acclaim; a standing ovation; to bring the house down
• 文彩 gorgeous colors ; an essay; writing
• 喝倒彩 to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
• 彩鹮(彩䴉) glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
• 彩衣 colored clothes; motley attire
• 六合彩 Mark Six
• 彩蚌 painted shell; painting on shell
• 彩色摄影(彩色攝影) color photography
• 云彩(雲彩) cloud

Also contained in

水彩 、 叠彩 、 彩塑 、 彩带 、 水彩画 、 彩陶器

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
• 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
• 第二回 Chapter 14 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 辞彩 (辭彩) 辭彩可觀 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷52 趙逸 胡方回 胡叟 宋繇 張湛 宗欽 段承根 闞駰 劉昞 趙柔 索敞 陰仲達 Volume 56: Zhao Yi, Hu Fanghui, Hu Sou, Song Yao, Zhang Zhan, Zong Qin, Duan Chenggen, Kai Yin, Liu Bing, Zhao Rou, Sou Chang, Yin Zhongda — count: 3