色子

shǎizi

noun #28,764

Measure Word

一颗色子 kē

Meanings

1 dice
2 die (singular)

Characters

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.

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usage

Note the reading: 色子 is read shǎizi, not sèzi. 色 takes its colloquial shǎi reading only in this word and a few related ones.

Stroke Order

色 sè

子 zǐ