色子

shǎizi

noun #28,764

Measure Word

一颗色子 kē

Meanings

1 dice
2 die (singular)

Characters

color; (in this word: die/dice)

Examples

他摇了摇色子，掷出了六点。

Tā yáo le yáo shǎizi, zhì chū le liù diǎn.

He shook the dice and rolled a six.

玩桌游需要两颗色子。

Wán zhuōyóu xūyào liǎng kē shǎizi.

You need two dice to play the board game.

Tips

usage

Note the pronunciation: 色子 is read shǎizi, not sèzi. The character 色 shifts to a colloquial third-tone reading in this context. The standard Mandarin pronunciation shǎi is used only in this word.

Stroke Order

色 sè

子 zǐ