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颜色 · Colors

Yánsè — Everyone in the family likes a different color.

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Every word shows its pinyin above the characters. The English translation follows each line.

我们家wǒmen jiāderén喜欢xǐhuan不同bùtóngde颜色。yánsè

The people in our family like different colors.

喜欢xǐhuan蓝色。lánsè

I like blue.

我的wǒ de衣服yīfu很多hěn duō都是dōu shì蓝的。lán de

Many of my clothes are blue.

妈妈māma喜欢xǐhuan红色。hóngsè

Mother likes red.

shuō红色hóngsèhěn好看。hǎokàn

She says red looks very good.

爸爸bàba喜欢xǐhuan黑色hēisè白色。báisè

Father likes black and white.

妹妹mèimeizuì喜欢xǐhuan黄色。huángsè

My younger sister likes yellow best.

她的tā de房间里fángjiān lǐ都是dōu shì黄色huángsède东西。dōngxi

Everything in her room is yellow.

Vocabulary in this story (29 words)

WordPinyinMeaning
我们家wǒmen jiāour family
de(of)
rénthe people
喜欢xǐhuanlike
不同bùtóngdifferent
颜色yánsècolors
I
蓝色lánsèblue
我的wǒ demy
衣服yīfuclothes
很多hěn duōmany
都是dōu shìare all
蓝的lán deblue
妈妈māmamother
红色hóngsèred
she
shuōsays
hěnvery
好看hǎokàngood-looking
爸爸bàbafather
黑色hēisèblack
and
白色báisèwhite
妹妹mèimeiyounger sister
zuìthe most
黄色huángsèyellow
她的tā deher
房间里fángjiān lǐin the room
东西dōngxithings

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