橙 (chéng): orange tree, orange (color)
橙 (chéng) is a Chinese character meaning “orange tree.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 登 (phonetic). It ranks #2938 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 橙 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- orange tree
- orange (color)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 橙
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橙汁 | chéng zhī | orange juice |
| 橙色 | chéng sè | orange (color) |
| 橙红色 | chéng hóng sè | red-orange color |
| 甜橙 | tián chéng | sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) |
| 橙色战剂 | chéng sè zhàn jì | Agent Orange (herbicide) |
| 橙头地鸫 | chéng tóu dì dōng | (bird species of China) orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) |
| 鲜橙多 | xiān chéng duō | Xianchengduo, Chinese brand of orange-flavored soft drink |
| 红橙黄绿蓝靛紫 | hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ | red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow) |
| 橙色剂 | chéng sè jì | Agent Orange (herbicide) |
| 橙皮果酱 | chéng pí guǒ jiàng | (orange) marmalade |
| 红橙 | hóng chéng | blood orange |
| 橙黄 | chéng huáng | orange yellow |
| 橙皮 | chéng pí | orange peel |
| 橙胸绿鸠 | chéng xiōng lǜ jiū | (bird species of China) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus) |
| 香橙 | xiāng chéng | orange (tree and fruit) |
橙 appears in 26 compound words: 65 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 橙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这片森橙里生活着许多珍稀的野生动物。
zhè piān sēn chéng lǐ shēng huó zhe xǔ duō zhēn xī de yě shēng dòng wù .
This forest is home to many rare and endangered wildlife species.
...国世界丨全部蛋组精灵分类哈喽喽,这里是小橙子阿。这一期橙子做了蛋组分类,小伙伴们可...
. . . guó shì jiè 丨 quán bù dàn zǔ jīng líng fēn lèi hā 喽 喽 , zhè lǐ shì xiǎo chéng zǐ ā . zhè yī qī chéng zǐ zuò le dàn zǔ fēn lèi , xiǎo huǒ bàn men kě . . .
书亦烧仙草“有料元年”再下一城:鲜橙系列销量破160万
shū yì shāo xiān cǎo yǒu liào yuán nián zài xià yī chéng : xiān chéng xì liè xiāo liàng pò 1 6 0 wàn
Shuyi Shao Xiancao Scores Another Victory in Its "Year of Innovation": Sales of the Fresh Orange Series Surpass 1.6 Million
发明洗澡吃橙子的人是个天才?揭秘“浴室水果”背后的科...
fā míng xǐ zǎo chī chéng zǐ de rén shì gè tiān cái ? jiē mì yù shì shuǐ guǒ bèi hòu de kē . . .
The man who invented the bath and eating oranges was a genius? Reveal the science behind the "bathroom fruit"...
蔡瑞雪清纯校花形象大崩坏?橙发低胸辣照疯传 网:差点认不出来
蔡 ruì xuě qīng chún jiào huā xíng xiàng dà bēng huài ? chéng fā dī xiōng là zhào fēng chuán wǎng : chā diǎn rèn bù chū lái
Cai Ruixue's image of a pure school flower collapsed? Orange-haired low-cut spicy photos went viral on the Internet: I almost couldn't recognize it
她用了许多柳橙来榨汁。
Tā yòng le xǔduō liǔchéng lái zhà zhī.
She squeezed the juice from many oranges.
是的，柳橙汁，麻烦你。
Shì de, liǔchéngzhī, máfan nǐ.
Yes, orange juice, please.
我能吃这只橙子吗？
Wǒ néng chī zhè zhī chéngzi ma?
Can I eat this orange?
他真的喜欢橙子，对吗？
Tā zhēn de xǐhuan chéngzi, duì ma?
He sure likes oranges, doesn't he?
你们还想要些橙汁吗？
Nǐmen hái xiǎngyào xiē chéngzhī ma?
Would you like some more orange juice?
Character Family
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