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灰色

huī sè · hui se

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Meaning

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  1. gray
  2. ash gray
  3. grizzly
  4. pessimistic
  5. gloomy
  6. dispirited
  7. ambiguous
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A gray door

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)把(bǎ)门(mén)漆成(qīchéng)灰色(huīsè)。

    I want to paint the door gray.

  2. Liangliang

    灰色(huīsè)？胡同(hútòng)里(lǐ)的(de)门(mén)不是(bùshì)红(hóng)的(de)就是(jiùshì)绿(lǜ)的(de)。

    Gray? The doors in the hutong are either red or green.

  3. Dengdeng

    就是(jiùshì)想(xiǎng)不一样(bùyīyàng)。

    That is exactly why. I want something different.

  4. Liangliang

    灰色(huīsè)的(de)门(mén)，下雨(xiàyǔ)的(de)时候(shíhou)像(xiàng)一朵(yīduǒ)云(yún)。

    A gray door looks like a cloud when it rains.

  5. Dengdeng

    好听(hǎotīng)！邻居(línjū)听(tīng)了(le)，也(yě)想(xiǎng)漆(qī)灰色(huīsè)。

    Lovely! The neighbor heard it and wants gray too.

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)的(de)办(bàn)公(gōng)室(shì)在(zài)那(nà)幢(zhuàng)灰(huī)色(sè)的(de)六(liù)层(céng)楼(lóu)的(de)四(sì)楼(lóu)。

My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.

Tatoeba: Chinese by maxine · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)可(kě)以(yǐ)借(jiè)你(nǐ)的(de)灰(huī)色(sè)西(xī)装(zhuāng)吗(ma)？

Could I borrow your gray suit?

Tatoeba: Chinese by easononizuka · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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