落色

làoshǎi
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to fade (of cloth or clothes)
  2. 2 to lose color in the wash

Examples

HSK 3
Zhè jiàn chènshān xǐ le yí cì jiù làoshǎi le.
This shirt faded after a single wash.
HSK 5
Xīn niúzǎikù róngyì làoshǎi, dìyī cì zuìhǎo dāndú xǐ.
New jeans tend to run, so it is best to wash them on their own the first time.

Tips

usage
Both characters take their spoken readings here: 落 is lào, as in 落枕 'to wake with a stiff neck', and 色 is shǎi, as in 色子 'dice'. The word is also said luòsè. Fading is more often 掉色 or 褪色.

Stroke Order

落 luò
色 sè