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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 上色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
上色 shàng sè - top-quality
- top-grade
上色 shàng shǎi - to color (a picture etc)
- to dye (fabric etc)
- to stain (furniture etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 22,213 30,634 13,595

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above
- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 上色

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
上色 - - 22,213 30,634 13,595