Learn to describe clothes with colours in Chinese. It is compatible with Chapter 2, Jinbu 2.

1. 她的鞋是蓝的
tā de xié shì lán de
Her shoes are blue

2. New words
上衣 shàng yī
大衣 dà yī
Coat
Top/Jacket

3. 衬衣 chèn yī 裤子 kù zi
Shirt Trousers

4. 裙子 qún zi
Skirt

5. 袜子 wà zi 鞋(子) xié (zi)
Socks Shoes

6. 运动鞋
yùn dòng xié
黑色 hēi sè
Trainers /
Runner shoes
black

7. 红色 hóng sè 白色 bái sè
Red White

8. 绿色 lǜ sè 蓝色 lán sè
Green Blue

9. 黄色 huáng sè 色 sè
Yellow Colour

10. 上衣 Top/ Jacket
大衣 Coat
衬衣 Shirt
裙子 Skirt
裤子 Trousers
袜子 Socks
鞋子 Shoes
运动鞋 Trainers/ Runners
黑色 Black
白色 White
蓝色 Blue
黄色 Yellow
红色 Red
绿色 Green
chèn yī
shàng yī
kù zi
xié zi
hēi sè
hóng sè
dà yī
wà zi
yùn dòng xié
bái sè
huáng sè
lǜ sè
lán sè
qún zi

11. Grammar: Adjectives
• Colours in Chinese are adjectives, but you
can’t use them in the same way as
English.
• For example, in English you say
“I like red”, but in Chinese you say
我喜欢红色。
(literally I like the red colour).

12. • 我买了红大衣。I bought a red coat.
• 我买了红色的大衣。I bought a red colour coat.
• 色 is used with 的 as the colour adjective is more
than one syllable (colour plus 色), so it must be
followed by 的 before the noun.
• 的 can also be used at the end of a sentence after
a colour.
• 我的大衣是红色的。My coat is red. (my coat
is a red one).
我的大衣是红的。 My coat is red.
There are some other differences
when using 色.