Chinese Conversation · Level 41
90 words
Chinese word
色盲
Pronunciation
Pinyinsè máng
Meaning
- nouncolor blindness
Example
他是色盲。tā shì sè máng
He is color-blind.
More examples
学校会给学生做色盲测试。xué xiào huì gěi xué shēng zuò sè máng cè shì
The school gives students a color blindness test.
Core concept
Difficulty telling some colors apart, especially when nearby shades look alike.
Common phrases
红绿色盲hóng lǜ sè máng
red-green color blindness
色盲测试sè máng cè shì
color blindness test
做色盲测试zuò sè máng cè shì
take a color blindness test
Similar words
色弱sè ruò: Slightly reduced ability to sense colors, which can make red and green harder to tell apart.
Definition in Chinese
主要指对红绿等特定色域不能正常分辨的色觉差异，通常表现为辨色能力降低，多为先天性。zhǔ yào zhǐ duì hóng lǜ děng tè dìng sè yù bù néng zhèng cháng fēn biàn de sè jué chā yì tōng cháng biǎo xiàn wèi biàn sè néng lì jiàng dī duō wèi xiān tiān xìng
Word origin
色 (sè, "color") + 盲 (máng, "blind") uses 盲 in the broader sense of being unable to distinguish something, creating a term for impaired color discrimination.
Usage tips
- In everyday settings, information shown only by color can be hard to use, so signs and charts often work better when they also use labels, shapes, or patterns.
Other meanings
- reduced color visionnoun
- color vision disordernoun
Related words
- 红绿色盲hóng lǜ sè mángred-green color blindnessnoun
- 色盲测试sè máng cè shìcolor blindness testnoun