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gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灰* | 灰* | *灰
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected
HSK 7-9
white or gray hair / CL:
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苍* | 苍* | *苍
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
(literary) gray hair
dull gray / drab / murky
ash gray / vast and hazy / flourishing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褐* | 褐* | *褐
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綦* | 綦* | *綦
dark gray / superlative / variegated
old and gray-haired
extremely aged / gray and venerable
unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla
gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae)
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骃* | 骃* | *骃
iron-gray (horse)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *駽* | 駽* | *駽
gray
gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綥* | 綥* | *綥
dark gray / straw sandals
flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
dark gray
brains / gray matter
gray water
Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)
ash gray
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
gunmetal gray
(bird species of China) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Grey / Gray
gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
granny gray (hair color)
(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34
(bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) (Tw)
(bird species of China) grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)
(bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
(bird species of China) grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)
(bird species of China) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
gray area
(bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
(bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor)
(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
grizzled / graying
(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
Earl Grey tea
(bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
dull gray / gray and loathsome
(bird species of China) grey-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus tephrocephalus)
(bird species of China) grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
(bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
(bird species of China) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
(bird species of China) grey-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)
(bird species of China) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua)
(bird species of China) grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
(bird species of China) grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
(bird species of China) grey-bellied tesia (Tesia cyaniventer)
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys)
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
(bird species of China) grey-hooded warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
(bird species of China) grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
(bird species of China) grey bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
gunmetal gray
(bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
pearl gray
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia)
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)
(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus)
(bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous)
(bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)
(bird species of China) grey laughingthrush (Garrulax maesi)
(bird species of China) grey-sided thrush (Turdus feae)
silver hair; gray hair
(bird species of China) grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus)
(bird species of China) grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)


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