Blue in Chinese (Mandarin): 蓝色 (lánsè)
蓝色
lánsè
blue
- Simplified
- 蓝色
- Traditional
- 藍色
- Pinyin
- lánsè
- Typed as
- lanse
Use it in a sentence
气球是蓝色的。
氣球是藍色的。
The balloon is blue.
The characters in 蓝色
蓝 / 藍
Blue. 艹 (grass) is on top, because blue dye was made from a plant.
13 strokes
色
Color.
6 strokes
蓝 is second tone, rising, like 黄. A blue sky is 蓝天 (lántiān).
More examples with 蓝色
天空是蓝色的。
天空是藍色的。
Tiānkōng shì lánsè de.
The sky is blue.
我的书包是蓝色的。
我的書包是藍色的。
Wǒ de shūbāo shì lánsè de.
My school bag is blue.
How to write 蓝色 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
蓝 13 strokes
色 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
藍 18 strokes
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