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
