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棕色 (zōng sè): Brown (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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棕 • zōng • palm tree or brown color
zōng棕

palm tree or brown color

色 • sè • color; appearance; countenance; lust
sè色

color; appearance; countenance; lust

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Pinyinzōng sè
Meaningbrown
Characters2
HSK2.0 Level 63.0 Level 6
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4.

How to Use 棕色 in Sentences

Adjective + Noun
zōng棕
sè色
de的
yǎn眼
jing睛
neutral
brown eyes
zōng棕
sè色
tóu头
fa发
neutral
brown hair
Verb + Complementwith变成
biàn变
chéng成
zōng棕
sè色
Adverb + Adjectivewith深
shēn深
zōng棕
sè色
neutral
dark brown
5.

Example Sentences with 棕色

zhè这
shì是
zōng棕
sè色
。
This is brown.
neutral
turn brown
zhè这
jiàn件
zōng棕
sè色
de的
dà大
yī衣
jì既
bǎo保
nuǎn暖
yòu又
shí时
shàng尚
，
fēi非
cháng常
shì适
hé合
qiū秋
dōng冬
jì季
jié节
。
This brown coat is both warm and stylish, very suitable for autumn and winter seasons.
wǒ我
de的
shū书
bāo包
shì是
zōng棕
sè色
de的
。
My backpack is brown.
tā他
bìng并
bù不
xǐ喜
huan欢
zōng棕
sè色
de的
jiā家
jù具
，
jué觉
de得
yán颜
sè色
guò过
yú于
chén沉
mèn闷
。
He does not like brown furniture, feeling the color is too dull.
qiū秋
tiān天
lái来
le了
，
shù树
yè叶
biàn变
chéng成
le了
zōng棕
sè色
。
Autumn has arrived, and the leaves have turned brown.

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 棕色.

  • 测量cè liángmeasure; survey; gauge
  • 播种bō zhòngto sow; to seed
  • 悲惨bēi cǎnmiserable
  • 半途而废bàn tú ér fèigive up halfway; leave something unfinished
  • 不可思议bù kě sī yìunimaginable; inconceivable
  • 薄弱bó ruòweak; frail
  • 拜托bài tuōrequest somebody to do something; entrust
  • 别致bié zhìunconventional; interesting and novel; new and unusal
  • 比喻bǐ yùmetaphor or simile; analogy; allegory
  • 鄙视bǐ shìto despise
  • 贝壳bèi kéconch; sea shell
  • 抱负bào fùaspiration; ambition; lofty aim
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 棕色.

Words with 棕
  • 棕榈zōnglǘpalm tree
Words with 色
  • 白色bái sèwhite
  • 红色hóng sèred (color)
绿色
lǜ sè
green
  • 颜色yán sècolour
  • 黑色hēi sèblack
  • 黄色huáng sèyellow (color)
  • 景色jǐng sèscenery; view; landscape
  • 出色chū sèoutstanding; remarkable; splendid