海军蓝

海軍藍

hǎijūnlán

noun #33,722

Meanings

1 navy blue (color)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

海军蓝是商务场合的安全色。

Hǎijūnlán shì shāngwù chǎnghé de ānquán sè.

Navy blue is a safe color for business occasions.

HSK 5

他穿了一件海军蓝的西装。

Tā chuān le yí jiàn hǎijūnlán de xīzhuāng.

He wore a navy-blue suit.

Tips

culture

Calque of English "navy blue" - literally "navy" + "blue" (海军 = navy, 蓝 = blue). The color got its name from 18th-century British Royal Navy uniforms. Useful color vocabulary alongside 宝蓝 (royal blue), 天蓝 (sky blue), 湖蓝 (lake blue).

Stroke Order

海 hǎi

军 jūn

蓝 lán