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Level 3 · Lesson 10 什么颜色?
What colour?
红色的花,蓝色的杯子。这些花很红。
Colour words: 红色的花 to describe a noun, 很红 to say a thing is red.
听 · Listen
买花
Li Ming, what are you buying?
I'm buying some flowers.
What colour flowers?
Red ones and white ones.
These flowers are really red!
Is your cup red too?
No, my cup is blue.
My phone is black.
讲解 · Explanation
红色的花,蓝色的杯子,黑色的手机。
A colour describes a noun through the same 的 you met as a possessive. Take the colour word, add 色 sè 'colour' to make a full colour name, then 的, then the thing: 红色的花, 白色的衣服, 黄色的房子, 黑色的车. The order matches English exactly — description first, thing second — so this is the pattern to lean on while your other sentences are still short.
我的杯子是蓝色的。这些花很红。
Two ways to say a thing is a certain colour, and Chinese keeps them apart. With 是…的 you name the colour as a fact: 我的杯子是蓝色的, 那是黑色的. With 很 plus the bare colour word you describe how it looks: 这些花很红. Remember from level 1 that an adjective is already a predicate, so 很红 needs no 是 — and 花是红 is not a sentence. Choose 是蓝色的 when someone asked which colour, 很红 when you are simply remarking on it.
你的车是什么颜色的?
颜色 yánsè is the word 'colour' itself, and it builds the question: 什么颜色? 'what colour?' Full sentences keep the question word where the answer will stand — 你的车是什么颜色的? answers as 我的车是白色的. In quick speech people shorten both sides: 什么颜色? — 红色的.
生词 · Vocabulary
| 词 | Meaning | 注 · Note |
|---|---|---|
| 花 | flower | 一些花; its measure word 朵 comes later |
| 颜色 | colour | 什么颜色? |
| 红 | red | 红色的花 |
| 白 | white | 白色的衣服 |
| 蓝 | blue | 蓝色的杯子 |
| 黄 | yellow | 黄色的花 |
| 黑 | black | 黑色的手机 |
练习 · Practice
用一用 · Use it
我的手机是黑色的,我的杯子是蓝色的,这些花很红。
Name the colour of six things you can see, using both patterns: 我的车是白色的 for the plain fact, and 很 plus the bare colour word — 这些花很红, 那件衣服很白 — for how a thing strikes you. Then ask a friend 你的手机是什么颜色的? and answer for them. Finally buy flowers out loud: 我买一些红色的花和一些黄色的花.