EP124 颜色 colors

 Chinese 101: What’s your favourate color?

 

Language Tips: Chinese slangs related to colors & Culture behind colors 

 

Ending song: 黑白配 by Fan fan, 范玮琪

 

Dialogue:

 

A:你喜欢什么颜色?

 

Nǐ xǐ huān shén me yán sè ?

 

What kind of color do you like?

 

B:我喜欢鲜艳的颜色,比如红色和橙色。你呢?

 

Wǒ xǐ huān xiān yàn de yán sè ,bǐ rú hóng sè hé chéng sè 。nǐ ne ?

 

I like bright colors, for example, red and orange. How about you?

 

A:我偏爱黑色、白色和灰色。

 

Wǒ piān ài hēi sè 、bái sè hé huī sè 。

 

I prefer black, white and gray.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【喜欢】xǐ huān: like

 

【颜色】yán sè:color

 

【鲜艳】xiān yàn: bright

 

【比如】bǐ rú: for example, such as

 

【红】hóng: red

 

【橙】chéng: orange

 

【偏爱】piān ài:  preference ; partiality ; predilection

 

【黑】hēi: black

 

【白】bái: white

 

【灰】huī: grey