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Chinese symbol for “pale”

苍白
cāng bái
Traditional: 蒼白
pale; wan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pale is 苍白 (cāng bái), defined as: pale; wan.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

苍 cāng
dark blue; deep green; old, hoary
radical 140 ⾋ · 7 strokes
白 bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
radical 106 ⽩ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pale”

WordPinyinMeaning
青白qīng báipale; pallor
苍白色 (蒼白色)cāng bái sèpale; wan
浅淡 (淺淡)qiǎn dànlight (color); pale

Related words

Other words that share a character with 苍白.

WordPinyinMeaning
苍蝇 (蒼蠅)cāng yinghousefly; 只 (zhī)
苍老 (蒼老)cāng lǎoold; aged
苍穹 (蒼穹)cāng qióngthe blue dome of heaven
苍天 (蒼天)cāng tiānfirmament
苍生 (蒼生)cāng shēng(area where) vegetation grows; the common people
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary
白人bái rénwhite man or woman; Caucasian

See also: Japanese symbol for “pale”.

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.

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