茶色 (chásè): dark brown

Meanings

1 dark brown
2 tawny
3 tea-colored (often used for tinted glass and dyed fabric)

Characters

茶

Examples

他戴着一副茶色的眼镜。

Tā dài zhe yí fù chásè de yǎnjìng.

He's wearing a pair of brown-tinted glasses.

这件外套是茶色的,很好搭配。

Zhè jiàn wàitào shì chásè de, hěn hǎo dāpèi.

This jacket is tawny — easy to match.

Tips

culture

Chinese color names often come from a reference object — and tea (茶, the steeped liquor) gives a recognisable warm reddish-brown shade. The category 'tea color' (茶色) is especially common in optics (茶色玻璃 'brown-tinted glass') and contact lenses (茶色美瞳).