Colors in Hokkien

Like in Mandarin, the word Sek (色) follows a color adjective when used to describe the color of an object.

Colors in Hokkien

• Red → Áng-sek (红色)
• Orange → Kām-uí-sek (橙色)
• Yellow → Uí-sek (黄色)
• Green → Che-sek (青色)
• Blue → Lám-sek (蓝色)
• Purple → Kió-sek (紫色)
• Pink → Cuì-áng-sek (粉红色)
• Gray → Huè-hu-sek (灰色)
• Black → O-sek (黑色)
• White → Peh-sek (白色)

To describe light and dark hues of colors in Hokkien, these two words can be used:

• Chièn (浅), meaning "light", and
• Chim (深), meaning "dark" or "deep"

For instance, to describe the color "light blue", you'd say:

• Light blue → Chièn-lám sek (浅蓝色)
• Dark blue → Chim-lám sek (深蓝色)

Describing Colors and Objects

When describing a color followed by an object, say the color first, followed by the particle e, and an then the object. Here are some examples:

• A green book → Che-sek e chek (青色的书)
• A black cellphone → O-sek e chiu-ki (黑色的手机)
• Two yellow tables → No-kai ui-sek e tok-teng (两个黄色的桌子)
• Five red shirts → Go-tiau ang-sek e sa (五件红色的衫)
• Twenty light blue pants → Ji-cap-tiau chien-lam-sek e kho (二十件浅蓝色的裤子)

Learn to Count in Hokkien

1. Let's Count from 0 to 10 in Hokkien
2. Counting from 11 to the Hundreds in Hokkien
3. Counting from 1,000 to the Millions in Hokkien