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gray / ash gray / grizzly / pessimistic / gloomy / dispirited / ambiguous
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灰* | 灰* | *灰
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒼* | 蒼* | *蒼
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褐* | 褐* | *褐
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
Grey / Gray
white or gray hair / CL:
silver hair; gray hair
dark gray
old and gray-haired
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla
ash gray / vast and hazy / flourishing
gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae)
grizzled / graying
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *駽* | 駽* | *駽
gray
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綦* | 綦* | *綦
dark gray / superlative / variegated
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綥* | 綥* | *綥
dark gray / straw sandals
Charles Grey (1764-1845), prime minister of the United Kingdom 1830-34
dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs
dull gray / drab / murky
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
(literary) gray hair
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *駰* | 駰* | *駰
iron-gray (horse)
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
extremely aged / gray and venerable
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
unbleached and undyed cloth / gray cloth
ash gray
gray water
brains / gray matter
(bird species of China) grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Earl Grey tea
granny gray (hair color)
(bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
(bird species of China) grey-streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)
flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
dark / gray / (of skin) lightly pigmented
(bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor)
(bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
(bird species of China) grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
gray (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) (Tw)
(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Suthora zappeyi)
Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)
(bird species of China) grey-sided bush warbler (Cettia brunnifrons)
(bird species of China) Chinese grey shrike (Lanius sphenocercus)
gunmetal gray
dull gray / gray and loathsome
(bird species of China) grey-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus tephrocephalus)
(bird species of China) grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)
(bird species of China) grey peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
(bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
(bird species of China) grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
(bird species of China) grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae)
gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)
(bird species of China) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua)
(bird species of China) grey-winged blackbird (Turdus boulboul)
(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
(bird species of China) grey-breasted prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)
(bird species of China) grey-sided laughingthrush (Pterorhinus caerulatus)
(bird species of China) grey-bellied tesia (Tesia cyaniventer)
(bird species of China) grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked warbler (Phylloscopus poliogenys)
gray area
gray alder (Alnus incana) / speckled alder
gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer
(bird species of China) grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded warbler (Phylloscopus xanthoschistos)
(bird species of China) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)
(bird species of China) grey bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
gunmetal gray
(bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa)
pearl gray
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
(bird species of China) grey-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia)
(bird species of China) steppe grey shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)
(bird species of China) Gray's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes fasciolatus)
(bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous)
(bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)
(bird species of China) grey laughingthrush (Garrulax maesi)
(bird species of China) grey-sided thrush (Turdus feae)
(bird species of China) grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus)
(bird species of China) grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)


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