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惨白

惨白 (cǎn bái): Deathly pale / Ashen (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

惨白 consists of 2 characters.

miserable, tragic, cruel

Word Info

Pinyincǎn bái

MeaningDeathly pale / Ashen

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word惨白

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 惨白.

Words with 惨

悲惨bēi cǎnHSK 6
惨痛cǎn tòngHSK 7-9
惨重cǎn zhòngHSK 7-9

Words with 白

白天bái tiānHSK 1
白色bái sèHSK 2
明白míng baiHSK 3
白酒bái jiǔHSK 4
坦白tǎn báiHSK 6
白白bái báiHSK 6
白领bái lǐngHSK 6
空白kòng báiHSK 6

3.

How to Use 惨白 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 惨白 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complementwith变得

biàn变

de得

cǎn惨

bái白

neutral

turn pale

Subject + Verb/Adjectivewith脸色

liǎn脸

sè色

cǎn惨

bái白

Measure Word + Adjectivewith一片

yí一

piàn片

cǎn惨

bái白

Adjective + Nounwith月光

cǎn惨

bái白

de的

yuè月

guāng光

4.

Example Sentences with 惨白

tā她

de的

liǎn脸

hěn很

cǎn惨

bái白

。

neutral

pale face

formal

Written

a stretch of pallor

formal

Written

pale moonlight

Her face is very pale.

tīng听

dào到

huài坏

xiāo消

xi息

hòu后

，

tā他

de的

liǎn脸

sè色

biàn变

de得

cǎn惨

bái白

。

After hearing the bad news, his face turned deathly pale.

kàn看

dào到

huà化

yàn验

dān单

shí时

，

tā她

yuán原

běn本

hóng红

rùn润

de的

liǎn脸

shùn瞬

jiān间

biàn变

de得

cǎn惨

bái白

。

When she saw the lab report, her originally rosy face instantly turned deathly pale.

zài在

jù聚

guāng光

dēng灯

xià下

，

yǎn演

jiǎng讲

zhě者

yīn因

jǐn紧

zhāng张

ér而

xiǎn显

de得

liǎn脸

sè色

cǎn惨

bái白

。

Under the spotlight, the speaker appeared ashen-faced due to nervousness.

wèi为

shén什

me么

nǐ你

de的

zuǐ嘴

chún唇

rú如

cǐ此

cǎn惨

bái白

，

shì是

shēn身

tǐ体

bù不

shū舒

fú服

ma吗

？

Why are your lips so deathly pale? Are you feeling unwell?

tā他

de的

liǎn脸

sè色

bìng并

fēi非

cǎn惨

bái白

，

zhǐ只

shì是

dēng灯

guāng光

xiào效

guǒ果

zào造

chéng成

de的

cuò错

jué觉

。

His complexion is not ashen; it's just an illusion caused by the lighting effect.

yuè月

guāng光

cǎn惨

bái白

dì地

zhào照

zài在

jì寂

jìng静

de的

jiē街

dào道

shàng上

，

xiǎn显

de得

gé格

wài外

qī凄

liáng凉

。

The pale moonlight shone on the quiet street, making it look particularly desolate.

jìn尽

guǎn管

tā他

qiáng强

zhuāng装

zhèn镇

dìng定

，

dàn但

cǎn惨

bái白

de的

liǎn脸

sè色

hé和

chàn颤

dǒu抖

de的

shuāng双

shǒu手

chū出

mài卖

le了

tā他

。

Although he pretended to be calm, his ashen face and trembling hands gave him away.