| 彩 | [ caǐ ] (bright) color, variety, applause, applaud, lottery prize |
| 彩䴉 | [ caǐ huán ] (bird species of China) glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) |
| 彩信 | [ caǐ xìn ] multimedia messaging service (MMS) (telecommunications) |
| 彩券 | [ caǐ quàn ] lottery ticket |
| 彩印 | [ caǐ yìn ] color printing, abbr. for 彩色印刷[cai3 se4 yin4 shua1] |
| 彩卷 | [ caǐ juǎn ] color film, abbr. for 彩色膠卷|彩色胶卷, lottery ticket |
| 彩塑 | [ caǐ sù ] painted clay figure |
| 彩妝 | [ caǐ zhuāng ] makeup, cosmetics |
| 彩帶 | [ caǐ daì ] colored ribbon, streamer, CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 彩彈 | [ caǐ dàn ] paintball |
| 彩排 | [ caǐ paí ] dress rehearsal |
| 彩擴 | [ caǐ kuò ] to enlarge color photos, color film processing |
| 彩旗 | [ caǐ qí ] colored flag |
| 彩民 | [ caǐ mín ] lottery player |
| 彩畫 | [ caǐ huà ] color painting |
| 彩票 | [ caǐ ] lottery ticket |
| 彩禮 | [ caǐ lǐ ] betrothal gift, bride price |
| 彩練 | [ caǐ liàn ] colored ribbon |
| 彩繪 | [ caǐ huì ] painted, colored painted-on designs |
| 彩色 | [ caǐ sè ] color, multi-colored, CL:種|种[zhong3] |
| 彩虹 | [ caǐ hóng ] rainbow, CL:道[dao4] |
| 彩虹屁 | [ caǐ hóng pì ] (neologism c. 2017) (slang) over-the-top praise |
| 彩虹族群 | [ caǐ hóng zú qún ] the LGBT+ community |
| 彩虹旗 | [ caǐ hóng qí ] rainbow flag, aka LGBT pride flag |
| 彩虹蜂虎 | [ caǐ hóng fēng hǔ ] (bird species of China) rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) |
| 彩虹行動 | [ caǐ hóng xíng dòng ] the two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and Operation Regenbogen, the scuttling of U-boats in 1945 |
| 彩虹鸚鵡 | [ caǐ hóng yīng wǔ ] (bird species of China) rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) |
| 彩蚌 | [ caǐ bàng ] painted shell, painting on shell |
| 彩蛋 | [ caǐ dàn ] painted eggshell, Easter egg, (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc), post-credits scene |
| 彩衣 | [ caǐ yī ] colored clothes, motley attire |
| 彩超 | [ caǐ chaō ] color Doppler imaging (CDI) (medicine) |
| 彩車 | [ caǐ chē ] float (in a parade) |
| 彩鈴 | [ caǐ líng ] caller ring-back tone (CRBT), ring-back tone (RBT) |
| 彩雲 | [ caǐ yún ] rosy clouds, CL:朵[duo3] |
| 彩電 | [ caǐ diàn ] color TV |
| 彩電視 | [ caǐ diàn shì ] color TV |
| 彩霞 | [ caǐ xiá ] clouds tinged with sunset hues |
| 彩頭 | [ caǐ toú ] good omen, good luck (in business etc), profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) |
| 彩鷸 | [ caǐ yù ] (bird species of China) greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) |
| 彩鸛 | [ caǐ guàn ] (bird species of China) painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) |
| ⇒ 七彩 | [ qī caǐ ] seven colors, a variety of colors, multi-colored, rainbow-colored |
| ⇒ 不光彩 | [ bù guāng caǐ ] disgraceful, dishonorable |
| ⇒ 中彩 | [ zhòng caǐ ] to win a lottery |
| ⇒ 丹彩 | [ dān caǐ ] vermilion, rhetorical language |
| ⇒ 五彩 | [ wǔ caǐ ] five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue), multicolored |
| ⇒ 五彩繽紛 | [ wǔ caǐ bīn fēn ] all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display |
| ⇒ 五彩賓紛 | [ wǔ caǐ bīn fēn ] colorful |
| ⇒ 亮彩 | [ liàng caǐ ] a bright color, sparkle, shine, glitter |
| ⇒ 倒彩 | [ daò caǐ ] adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake |
| ⇒ 倒彩聲 | [ daò caǐ shēng ] jeering, booing, catcalls |
| ⇒ 光彩 | [ guāng caǐ ] luster, splendor, radiance, brilliance |
| ⇒ 光彩奪目 | [ guāng caǐ duó mù ] dazzling, brilliant |
| ⇒ 六合彩 | [ liù hé caǐ ] Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) |
| ⇒ 剪彩 | [ jiǎn caǐ ] to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony) |
| ⇒ 博彩 | [ bó caǐ ] lottery |
| ⇒ 口彩 | [ koǔ caǐ ] complimentary remarks, well-wishing |
| ⇒ 唇彩 | [ chún caǐ ] lip gloss |
| ⇒ 喝倒彩 | [ hè daò caǐ ] to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor) |
| ⇒ 喝彩 | [ hè caǐ ] to acclaim, to cheer |
| ⇒ 多姿多彩 | [ duō zī duō caǐ ] diversity (of forms and colors) |
| ⇒ 多彩 | [ duō caǐ ] colorful, flamboyant |
| ⇒ 多彩多姿 | [ duō caǐ duō zī ] elegant and graceful posture, splendid, full of content |
| ⇒ 大放異彩 | [ dà fàng yì caǐ ] to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment), to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill |
| ⇒ 奇彩 | [ qí caǐ ] unexpected splendour |
| ⇒ 富色彩 | [ fù sè caǐ ] colorful |
| ⇒ 張燈結彩 | [ zhāng dēng jié caǐ ] to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) |
| ⇒ 掛彩 | [ guà caǐ ] to decorate for festive occasions, to be wounded in action |
| ⇒ 摸彩 | [ mō caǐ ] to draw lots, raffle, lottery |
| ⇒ 水彩 | [ shuǐ caǐ ] watercolor |
| ⇒ 水彩畫 | [ shuǐ caǐ huà ] watercolor, aquarelle |
| ⇒ 沒精打彩 | [ meí jīng dǎ caǐ ] listless, dispirited, washed out |
| ⇒ 流光溢彩 | [ liú guāng yì caǐ ] lit. flowing light and overflowing color, brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) |
| ⇒ 滾彩蛋 | [ gǔn caǐ dàn ] egg rolling (rolling of decorated, hard-boiled eggs down hillsides by children at Easter) |
| ⇒ 滿堂彩 | [ mǎn táng caǐ ] everyone present applauds, universal acclaim, a standing ovation, to bring the house down |
| ⇒ 濃墨重彩 | [ nóng mò zhòng caǐ ] thick and heavy in colors, to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom) |
| ⇒ 無精打彩 | [ wú jīng dǎ caǐ ] dull and colorless (idiom); lacking vitality, not lively |
| ⇒ 燦爛多彩 | [ càn làn duō caǐ ] multicolored splendor (of fireworks, bright lights etc) |
| ⇒ 特藝彩色 | [ tè yì caǐ sè ] Technicolor |
| ⇒ 獨放異彩 | [ dú fàng yì caǐ ] to project singular splendor or radiance, to perform brilliantly |
| ⇒ 異彩 | [ yì caǐ ] extraordinary splendor |
| ⇒ 疊彩 | [ dié caǐ ] Diecai district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 疊彩區 | [ dié caǐ qū ] Diecai district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 真彩色 | [ zhēn caǐ sè ] true color |
| ⇒ 福彩 | [ fú caǐ ] lottery run by China Welfare Lottery, a government agency that uses a portion of the money from ticket sales to fund welfare projects (abbr. for 福利彩票[fu2 li4 cai3 piao4]) |
| ⇒ 精彩 | [ jīng caǐ ] wonderful, marvelous, brilliant |
| ⇒ 結彩 | [ jié caǐ ] to adorn, to festoon |
| ⇒ 絢麗多彩 | [ xuàn lì duō caǐ ] bright and colorful, gorgeous |
| ⇒ 經絲彩色顯花 | [ jīng sī caǐ sè xiǎn huā ] warp brocade, woven fabric with single woof but colored warp |
| ⇒ 興高彩烈 | [ xìng gaō caǐ liè ] variant of 興高采烈|兴高采烈[xing4 gao1 cai3 lie4] |
| ⇒ 色彩 | [ sè caǐ ] tint, coloring, coloration, (fig.) flavor, character |
| ⇒ 色彩繽紛 | [ sè caǐ bīn fēn ] see 五彩繽紛|五彩缤纷[wu3 cai3 bin1 fen1] |
| ⇒ 花彩 | [ huā caǐ ] to festoon, to decorate with a row of colored garlands |
| ⇒ 花彩雀鶯 | [ huā caǐ què yīng ] (bird species of China) white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae) |
| ⇒ 華彩 | [ huá caǐ ] gorgeous, resplendent or rich color |
| ⇒ 虹彩 | [ hóng caǐ ] iridescence, iris (of the eye) |
| ⇒ 豐富多彩 | [ fēng fù duō caǐ ] richly colorful |
| ⇒ 迷彩 | [ mí caǐ ] camouflage |
| ⇒ 迷彩服 | [ mí caǐ fú ] camouflage clothing |
| ⇒ 雲彩 | [ yún cai ] (coll.) cloud, CL:朵[duo3] |
| ⇒ 頭彩 | [ toú caǐ ] first prize in a lottery |
| ⇒ 體彩 | [ tǐ caǐ ] sports lottery (sports betting run by a government agency, China Sports Lottery) (abbr. for 體育彩票|体育彩票[ti3 yu4 cai3 piao4]) |
