Chinese symbol for “multicolored”
五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè
Traditional: 五顏六色
multicolored; every color under the sun
The closest CC-CEDICT match for multicolored is 五颜六色 (wǔ yán liù sè), defined as: multicolored; every color under the sun.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “multicolored”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五色 | wǔ sè | multicolored; the rainbow |
| 斑斓 (斑斕) | bān lán | gorgeous; brightly colored; multicolored |
| 彩色 | cǎi sè | color; multicolored |
| 七彩 | qī cǎi | seven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored |
| 五彩 | wǔ cǎi | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue); multicolored |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 五颜六色.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 第五 | dì wǔ | fifth |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
| 五四 | wǔ sì | fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 五星 | wǔ xīng | the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星 |
| 颜色 (顏色) | yán sè | color; countenance |
| 颜料 (顏料) | yán liào | paint; dye |
| 十六 | shí liù | sixteen; 16 |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “multicolored”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.