彩
cǎi HSK3

hue, color

彩 cǎi
applause verb
applause, acclaim, or to cheer

全场观众为他喝彩。

quán chǎng guān​zhòng wèi tā hè cǎi.

The entire audience cheered for him.

color punctuation
bright color or hue

春节期间，整座城市都张灯结彩，十分热闹。

Chūn​jié qī​jiān, zhěng zuò chéng​shì dōu zhāng​dēng jié cǎi, shí​fēn rè​nao.

During the Spring Festival, the whole city was festooned with lanterns and streamers, creating a lively atmosphere.

variety adjective
variety, splendor, or richness of display

他的表演非常有彩。

tā de biǎo​yǎn fēi​cháng yǒu cǎi.

His performance was truly brilliant.

prize noun
lottery prize or reward for winning

他在博彩中中了大彩。

tā zài bó​cǎi zhōng​zhōng le dà​cǎi.

He won a big prize in the lottery.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,177th most common 118.8 per million
Movie subtitles
949th most common 114.9 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.7 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
58.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5F69

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)