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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紫* | 紫* | *紫
purple / violet
HSK 5
Purple Mountain Observatory
red-purple / mauve / prune (color) / claret
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绛* | 绛* | *绛
purple-red
a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴, used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *檀* | 檀* | *檀
sandalwood / hardwood / purple-red
purple
red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
purple / violet (color)
Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绀* | 绀* | *绀
violet or purple
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绯* | 绯* | *绯
dark red / purple silk
black rice; purple rice
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
dark reddish purple / Internet slang abbr. for 這樣子|这样子
lit. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom) / fig. beautiful flowers
dark reddish purple
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緅* | 緅* | *緅
purple silk
amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)
red cabbage / purple cabbage
grayish purple color
Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
(bird species of China) purple heron (Ardea purpurea)
(bird species of China) Daurian starling; purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)
white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
(bird species of China) purple cochoa (Cochoa purpurea)
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
purple choy sum (Brassica rapa var. purpurea)
purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position
thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color / fig. a profusion of flourishing trades


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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